In the next two days, Zhou Jimin hid at home and did not go anywhere.
Over at Nanluogu Lane, Yan Jiecheng must have been scared, and he didn't dare to make any small moves for several days.
After all, Zhou Jimin had only visited the courtyard two days ago and inspected the west wing of the backyard and the ear room of the middle courtyard. In addition, Meng Zhenhua and his brothers were watching eagerly from the side. Yan Jiecheng was not interested in doing things under the watch of others.
Although he and Yu Li are legal, if there are people outside who listen to the wall, even if he wants to do something, Yu Li will refuse. Besides, he is not that open yet.
After Lei Yuankai and Fu Yujie left, they didn't come to see Zhou Jimin again. I don't know if Lao Xing spoke or if they haven't found out the results yet.
Zhou Jimin plans not to take action for the time being, but wants to wait and see what Lao Xing will do.
In addition, regarding the test for Hua Jiangdong’s group of programming students, Zhou Jimin had already prepared the questions and sent them over yesterday afternoon.
With the strict requirements of the computer room and the supervision of the two teachers, I believe that students like Hua Jiangdong will definitely complete the test very seriously.
After completing the test, he only needs to check the results.
A week has not come yet, and there is no news from Lao Lin, and Zhou Jimin is not in a hurry. Anyway, he has decided to resign this time, and there is nothing to do if the Buddha comes.
Therefore, no one bothered him in the past two days.
He hid in the courtyard, accompanying the little kids every day, and became a primary school teacher. Occasionally, he was a guest teacher of Chinese medicine, assisting the little goldfish in reciting Chinese medicine textbooks.
The latter is very diligent, but she needs someone to push her from behind, otherwise it will only last three minutes but will not burn for long.
In fact, it’s quite normal when you think about it.
There are more than 7,000 medicinal materials. Except for the extremely rare medicinal materials, many common medicinal materials can fill a book with dozens of pages.
Not to mention, in addition to preparing textbooks, Zhang Wantong also needs to identify medicinal herbs in the evening when he gets off work. He also needs to go out once a week to dig medicinal materials in the mountains.
With such a heavy learning task, let alone a nine-year-old girl, even an adult would probably have to kneel down.
This is much more difficult than a three-year college entrance examination and a five-year simulation.
Under the difficult learning task, the appetite of the little goldfish increases at a rate visible to the naked eye.
It won't work if you don't eat more, because the brain consumes too much energy from the body. She is only nine years old, and it is the time when her body is growing. How can she do it without nutrition?
In the middle of the afternoon, Zhou Jimin was playing the game of eagle and chicken with the little ones, when several Jiefang trucks suddenly came to the door.
Judging from the tire indentations on the road, the car must have been loaded with a lot of stuff.
The unemployed old men and women gathered in the shade, discussing and guessing what was in the car.
In the nearby area, the Zhou family is considered the wealthiest and most well-established family.
In fact, under normal circumstances, the Zhou family, where cars often stop, should not live in the nearby area.
It should be a good house further south, or a community with big soldiers standing guard.
Woof woof woof!
Wangcai and Dahuang performed their duties faithfully, squatting at the gate and shouting at the other soldiers besides Lu Jingyuan.
"Leader, this is a list, please take stock of it."
Seeing Zhou Jimin walking out of the door, Lu Jingyuan smiled and respectfully handed over a list and a pen.
"No hurry, let me take a look first."
Zhou Jimin did not take the order, but opened the truck and went directly inside to check it out.
Lao Lin was very practical this time and actually brought him two carts of grain, most of which were ordinary rice and the other half of which were glutinous rice.
It's all shelled rice, not paddy.
Regarding this detail, Zhou Jimin must give Lao Lin a thumbs up.
Of course, these grains are actually very poor. Judging from the appearance, they are very average.
The rice of this era was uneven, with a lot of black impurities, which was completely different from the snow-white rice of later generations.
However, although the current rice does not look good, it is nutritious.
Moreover, land that has not been contaminated by technology is quite fertile.
After retying the bag, Zhou Jimin pondered for a moment before jumping out of the car.
Two carts of grain and one cart of valuable medicinal materials. These three carts of supplies are worth a lot of money.
However, Zhou Jimin felt that Lao Lin and the others were good at doing business, and exchanging these things for his tiger bone wine would be a huge profit.
Tiger bone wine is definitely not only good for health, inhibiting the growth of viruses, but also good for the skin, prolonging life, etc.
Especially the effect of extending life span is absolutely incredible.
Judging from the current scientific and technological means and traditional Chinese medicine technology, it is only for individual cases, and it is not as powerful as tiger bone wine.
"Brother Lu, please do us a favor and move all this food to the corridor in the courtyard."
"Okay, leader."
It is also sad to say that Zhou Jimin spent money to buy such a large courtyard, but except for the vegetable cellar and the ice cellar, there are no other rooms for storing sundries.
He had been to the yard of Zidane and other elderly people before. They had warehouses specifically for storing food, as well as vegetable cellars, ice cellars, etc.
It is not difficult to see from this that these people’s ancestors were indeed rich.
How much food can be stored in a granary the size of several rooms?
Moreover, like Zidane's granary, it is not only hidden, but also fireproof, waterproof and moisture-proof, which is a must-have.
It's not like Zhou Jimin's house, where the food has been shipped and can only be placed in the corridor.
Fortunately, the corridor can barely cope with the temporary storage for a few days, because the corridor has eaves, so I have to give a thumbs up to the predecessors here.
Even if it rains, as long as it is covered with a raincloth, the food will not be affected.
Of course, the amount of rainfall in Beijing is also worrying in summer, so don’t worry too much.
"Dad, what is this? Why do so many soldiers and uncles come to our house?"
While Zhou Jimin was directing Lu Jingyuan and the others to carry the grain, Zhou Qingxian and the others followed him, looking at him curiously.
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"These are grains. These soldiers are transporting grains to us. They have worked so hard to help us. What should you do?"
The little boy tilted his head and thought for a moment, then looked at his father and said:
"I know, Dad. Mom said that when you come, you are a guest. We have to boil water and make tea to entertain the guests."
"Yes, the little one is great!"
The little one who was praised was immediately lowered his head shyly when everyone looked at him.
"Now that you know you have to entertain guests, why are you still here?"
Whoa!
Zhou Qingxian and the three little guys immediately ran to the kitchen to work, but the little goldfish and the others did not move.
Not long after, Lu Jingyuan and the others finally moved all the food and medicinal materials back into the walk.
After they left, Zhou Jimin waved to the little goldfish, pointed to the dried and packaged medicinal materials, and began to assess her.
The little goldfish is so helpless.
But she was still young and could not spread her wings to fly high, so she had to surrender.
She was carefully examining the medicinal materials, and behind her were all the eyes of adoration.
Xing Anyao, Meng Zitong, Pandi and Laidi are the same age as the little goldfish.
Friends who have been playing in the past are at best envious of the little goldfish's good academic performance. After all, she gets perfect marks in every exam.
In fact, Xing Anyao and the others are not bad either, and they often get perfect scores on exams.
But there is no harm without comparison. Since the little goldfish skipped the fourth grade last year, the two sisters Pandi and Laidi also skipped the grade together.
However, the little goldfish still scored full marks every time, but the two sisters Pandi scored 95 and 98 points several times.
The gap slowly appeared.
Until now, the little goldfish has started to learn Chinese medicine, and the gap has suddenly widened.
It's not like they haven't thought about reciting those Chinese medicine textbooks together, but it's too difficult.
Reading thick books makes them drowsy.
As the little goldfish's talent was discovered and more and more content was recited, Xing Anyao and the others became numb.
However, previous endorsements were all small scenes.
Now watching the little goldfish identify the medicinal materials one by one and accurately tell the medicinal properties and pharmacology of the medicinal materials, Xing Anyao and the others are only surprised.
After she recognized them all, Zhou Jimin smiled and said:
"What do you want to eat tonight? Big brother will cook it for you, I guarantee you will have endless aftertaste."
When it comes to rewards, it is the little goldfish’s favorite, and food should rank first.
Especially the delicacies made by her eldest brother, which must be her first choice.
"Brother, can I have fried chicken wings, Buddha jumping over the wall, and roast duck?"
These three delicacies mentioned by the little goldfish made Zhou Qingxian, Meng Zitong and other children drool.
They also want to eat these delicacies.
Looking into his big, bright eyes, Zhou Jimin smiled tenderly and nodded to express that there was no problem.
Then they all jumped up excitedly, but Zhou Jimin suddenly said:
"Xiao Xian, why are you so happy? I only said I would cook these delicacies for your sister-in-law, but I didn't promise you."
Ga!
Zhou Qingxian and the others were stunned as if their necks were being strangled.
Xing Anyao and the others soon showed disappointment and embarrassment, but the twins Xiao Bu Dian and Xiao Yi tacitly hugged their father's thighs, raising their heads and acting coquettishly.
Later, Zhou Qingxian and Zhou Bingliang also came over.
Even the two sisters, Pandi and Laidi, couldn't resist the temptation. They looked at Zhou Jimin pitifully and shouted along with Zhou Qingxian and others that they wanted to eat too!
"Stop, Xiaoxian, stop shaking. You all want to eat fried chicken wings, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and roast duck, right?"
"Yeah!"
What responded to him was the neat nods and eager little faces of Little Cauliflower and the others.
"It's very easy to eat. My sister, the little goldfish, has completed so many tasks before she can eat the dinner I made."
The little kids' faces suddenly became nervous, and only the little goldfish looked at the scene in front of him with a relaxed smile.
Zhou Jimin showed a big bad wolf smile and continued:
"Of course, I know you haven't studied Chinese medicine, so you definitely can't be treated equally."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but then they heard him say:
"But, I will assign some tasks that you can do, and you need to complete them. Only those who complete the tasks can eat the delicious food I cook. Otherwise, how about an ordinary dinner? Who wants to quit?" Everyone shook their heads, why quit?
Because they have all eaten the delicious food cooked by Zhou Jimin, it is really unforgettable.
But Zhou Jimin doesn’t cook often, and even if he does, he doesn’t cook like Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, fried chicken wings, and roast duck every day.
Therefore, as long as you eat it once, you won’t want to eat it a second time.
Then, if you do whatever you can, you can enjoy these delicacies, which is a great deal.
"Okay, since everyone won't quit, I'll start assigning tasks."
"Yao Yao, the text you memorized yesterday will be memorized again today. You must memorize all three paragraphs."
Huh?
Xing Anyao, who was the first to be assigned a task, immediately exclaimed.
This task is so heavy.
Because she hates endorsements, it’s always hard to remember!
"Ah what? If you don't hurry up, you will be watching everyone eating fried chicken wings at night, and you will just drool."
Being threatened like this by Zhou Jimin, Xing Anyao immediately lost her temper and ran to the living room.
There is a desk in the living room with their textbooks.
Since the five rooms in the north room were renovated into three rooms, with bedrooms on the left and right and a living room in the middle, the living room is large enough. It is no problem to put down their small desks.
"Dad, dad, it's my turn, it's my turn."
The smart Zhou Qingxian saw Xing Anyao leaving and immediately clamored to take the task.
Because you receive the task first, you can have more time to prepare and complete the task faster.
Of course, she is not the only smart child, but she has the fastest reaction time.
Soon, Zhou Qingyi, Meng Zitong, and Xiao Huicai all gathered around, each of them talking about the mission.
This enthusiasm made the little goldfish on the side stunned.
You guys actually love reading so much?
A nine-year-old kid basically has to memorize or do homework. Anyway, the degree of difficulty is not high, but it is not low either.
As for Zhou Qingxian and the other little ones, they memorized multiplication formulas and practiced calligraphy.
Like Xiaocai, they actually started reciting the multiplication tables very early, but they are just not very proficient.
Zhou Bingliang, the youngest, has the simplest task. When his mother comes back later, remember to say hello to his mother, slap her on the back, etc. The only purpose is to make his mother happy.
Zhou Jimin smiled happily when he saw all the little kids receiving their tasks and then running to do things obediently.
Although his home is very much like a kindergarten, with large, middle and small classes together, he really likes this kind of life.
Because it is simple and very comfortable.
While the little kids were busy completing their tasks, Zhou Jimin turned around and went to the vegetable cellar to get ingredients and start preparing tonight's delicacies.
In fact, the ingredients are all taken out from the space.
He has made the dish of Buddha Jumping Over the Wall many times and is very comfortable with it.
Even with your eyes closed, you can cook this dish.
One thing to say, the dish Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is really delicious.
Dried seafood needs time to soak. It is afternoon time now, so it is best to throw it into the space to soak.
Fried chicken wings and roast duck are two dishes that require a lot of labor and oil, but everything else is fine.
In the past, when making these delicacies, I had to control it a little, fearing that the aroma would float outside and irritate the neighbors.
Nowadays, all the traditional Chinese medicine is available at home, and the taste of this stuff is also strong, covering up the taste of many delicious foods.
Coupled with the previous brewing of tiger bone wine, it was enough to irritate the neighbors. It is estimated that the neighbors are out of sight and out of mind.
That evening, when Ding Qiunan and Zhang Wantong came back, they were first startled by the attentive Zhou Bingliang, and then were aroused by the smell of delicious food in the yard.
In order to make his mother happy, Zhou Bingliang worked hard.
Not to mention his sweet mouth, he also prepared a small basin for washing his face, dry towels, etc. For a little guy who is more than one year old and less than two years old, it is already great to be able to do this.<
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Seeing his performance, Zhou Jimin gave him a thumbs up and applauded him.
"Jimin, what are you doing today? Children, why are you so active?"
"You still remember the catfish effect I told you about, right?"
"Ah?"
Ding Qiunan didn't forget, but he didn't understand what the catfish effect had to do with the matter at hand.
Zhang Wantong didn't understand and looked puzzled, but she didn't ask, because she knew that Zhou Jimin would definitely explain clearly.
Sure enough, the two girls saw Zhou Jimin pointing at the little goldfish that was looking down at a thick basic textbook on traditional Chinese medicine and said:
"Here, the little goldfish is the catfish."
But Ding Qiunan understood what he said, but Zhang Wantong did not.
As if aware of the latter's doubts, Ding Qiunan smiled softly and explained in a low voice:
"Sister Wantong, the catfish effect actually refers to the fact that every time fishermen return from the sea, most of the sardines they catch die of suffocation and cannot be sold at a good price."
"In order to improve the survival rate of sardines, fishermen racked their brains and finally came up with a way: put several catfish in a tank full of sardines at the same time."
"When the catfish rushes, the originally lifeless sardine will swim faster to save its life, thus maintaining its strong vitality."
"The reason for the catfish effect is very simple. Vitality comes from competition, pressure and challenges."
After Zhang Wantong heard this, he suddenly realized.
At this time, Ding Qiunan asked about the food.
As night fell, laughter and laughter came from the yard, and the children who completed their tasks one by one were overjoyed.
Food has been placed on the dining table in the living room, which are their prizes tonight.
Looking at the food on the table, Zhang Wantong smiled slightly, the corners of his mouth raised unconsciously, and he felt very happy.
Living in the Zhou family, no matter how much research she can get, at least she can enjoy the delicious food.
Every time she had time to go home, she found her own food a little hard to swallow.
Because of the Zhou family’s delicacies, my mouth is spoiled.
While eating, Zhou Jimin mentioned the grain and medicinal materials in the corridor, planning to make wine tomorrow and make tiger bone wine the day after tomorrow.
Making wine in the summer can be done in a day or two. After the wine is produced, it is steamed and purified, and then the tiger bone wine can be brewed.
In addition, other medicinal materials also need to be processed, so it is really impossible to make tiger bone wine right away.
Zhang Wantong was even more happy about his proposal.
She said that she would also take leave tomorrow to stay at home to help, and even encouraged Ding Qiunan to take leave as well.
It's not to avoid suspicion, but because Ding Qiunan is by her side, it's easier for her to observe and follow up on Ding Qiunan's situation.
For her research, it can be said that she has sacrificed a lot, and she even proposed to sleep with Ding Qiunan before.
However, this proposal was rejected by Zhou Jimin and Ding Qiunan.
Both couples cherish the time they spend together and don't want to go back to the days when they were alone in an empty room.
What's more, if we are still under the same roof but can't sleep together, we will definitely not be happy.
When Ding Qiunan heard this, he did not refuse and happily accepted the proposal.
Anyway, this is not the first time she has asked for leave. It can be said that she has asked for leave the most times in the entire Union Hospital.
Zhou Jimin was also very happy to have the two of them helping.
That night, after Ding Qiunan was asleep, he walked out of the bedroom, came to the corridor, and took back all the food and medicinal materials sent by Lao Lin.
A few minutes later, all the food and medicinal materials reappeared in the corridor.
However, the grain and medicinal materials in the sacks have been replaced by high-quality products in the space.
Only the tiger bone wine produced in space is of the highest quality.
In addition, Zhou Jimin also went to the well at home and poured two buckets of space spring water into it.
It may be a bit wasteful, but there is really no way.
We will start brewing wine tomorrow, and we will definitely have to fetch water from the well to use it for brewing.
If there is no space for dilution by spring water, the wine produced will at best be better than the wine outside.
But the wine made by adding water diluted by space spring water can be several levels higher.
Maybe Zhou Jimin can get it right in one step, brew the tiger bone wine directly in space, and then mix it with the tiger bone wine brewed in the real world, wouldn’t it be done?
Haha, others are not fools, the quality between the two is much different.
Besides, the tiger bone wine brewed in the real world is very average in terms of aroma and other aspects, and is far inferior to the tiger bone wine in space.
Ding Qiunan and the others can also notice the difference, especially drunkards like Lao Lin.
If the tiger bone wine that Zhou Jimin brought out for the first time was an ordinary tiger bone wine brewed in the real world, Lao Lin and the others would not remember the taste and the effect would not be as good.
At night, Zhou Jimin poured the space spring water into the well, then turned around and left.
He did not notice that at the bottom of the well, a pale golden creature was playing in the water, drinking all the space spring water into its stomach without missing a drop.
After it finished drinking, a medium-sized head poked out and stared at the mouth of the well.
It seems that they are still eager for the higher authorities to continue to pour some space spring water down.
But it waited for a long time and didn't arrive. It let out a roar of disappointment and then got into the water and disappeared.
However, its voice was so loud, but there was no echo from the well.
The silent well seems to be laughing at the ignorance and incompetence of the creature.
Zhou Jimin didn't know that there was an invisible creature hidden at the bottom of the well that could swallow spring water in space. After he left the well, he returned to his room and continued to sleep.
In a blink of an eye, it was around four o'clock in the morning, and the sky was still dark. He got up again, kissed Ding Qiunan, got dressed, and walked out of the bedroom.
When I came to the next room, the four little guys on the big bed kicked off the quilt again, revealing their white bellies.
After covering them with quilts again, Zhou Jimin closed the door, walked around the yard, and then went out.
Nanluoguxiang Siheyuan is quiet here, with no chickens crowing or dogs barking, because even if people raise chickens in front of their homes, they are still old hens.
After climbing over the wall, Zhou Jimin landed gently on the stone slab in the courtyard. Only a slight sound was made. Other than that, the surroundings were very quiet.
After pushing open the door of the west wing of the backyard and walking into the room, he took out the surveillance camera from the space and moved the camera to the corner of the roof so that he could see the entire room clearly.
In order to hide himself and not attract other people's attention, Zhou Jimin also deliberately disguised the camera.
The roof is whitewashed but has yellowed walls, and there are spider webs around it, making his disguise easier.
Most people won't notice this side of the roof. In addition, he installed surveillance cameras mainly to deal with Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li, a pair of wild mandarin ducks.
In a short time, the camera was installed.
Looking at the roof that was the same as before, Zhou Jimin believed that no one would be able to detect the existence of the camera.
However, there is still another problem, and that is the power supply.
The camera's line is connected from the roof to the wardrobe below, and then connected to the battery under the wardrobe.
The battery he took was an ordinary battery car. The battery life of this thing is not very good, but if it lasts for a day or two, there is still no problem.
After doing these things, Zhou Jimin exited the west wing, then jumped over the wall and left the courtyard.
After leaving the courtyard, Zhou Jimin went to Pigeon Market outside the city.
There are about a dozen pigeon markets, large and small, in Beijing, but each pigeon market is small and often changes its address.
The pigeon markets inside and outside the city are similar, but the pigeon markets outside the city will be more active and larger in scale.
Riding a bicycle outside the city, Zhou Jimin avoided the patrolling armband team and accurately found the Pigeon City where the address had been changed.
This is a small forest, with many houses, roads, etc. next to it. It can be said that it is accessible in all directions and very hidden.
The nearby villagers have also benefited a lot from this pigeon market. After all, the pigeon market is nearby, and many people have transported grain and other agricultural and sideline products in advance to facilitate exchange with other people.
Since the food needs to be placed near Pigeon City, it is normal for the villagers to collect some rent on the way, right?
Otherwise, who would be willing to stand at the door of their house at four or five in the morning? Wouldn't it be nice to go back to bed and sleep soundly?
Every era has its own way of survival. In the era of 1963, everyone was very poor, and the common situation was that the family was living in poverty.
Zhou Jimin put away his bicycle, changed his outfit and image, and then stepped into the pigeon market.
He has not been to the pigeon market outside the city for a while. He came here today for two purposes. One is to sell the food that Lao Lin sent yesterday, and the other is to see if there are any other precious materials or antiques here.
Antiques are not only found in the city, but actually the world of antiques is outside the city.
In times of war or peace, one thing that Chinese people like to do most is to bury all their family’s extravagant wealth in the ground.
The purpose of doing this is very simple, either because you are afraid that the prodigal son of your family will lose all the family property, or you are afraid that someone will take it away.
There is no need to go into details about the era before the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
In the period after liberation and before the founding of the People's Republic of China, many people often ran out of the city, dragging their families and families out of the city in large and small cars.
There is a saying called "The Cunning Rabbit has Three Caves", and the Chinese people gave these four words a trick.
This is especially true for those wealthy families.
Even after the founding of the country, these people did not get rid of the floating wealth outside the city. Unless they were like Zidane and really couldn't survive, they would touch the floating wealth.
Even for young and old people like Zidane, only the old man in the family knows how much extravagant wealth they still have.
These old men have mastered the burial places of several frivolous wealth, and outsiders have no idea about it. The old men will definitely not tell their descendants until the critical moment.
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It is precisely because of this tradition that many heads of families suddenly die or disappear, resulting in a lot of extravagant wealth being buried in the soil forever.
In times of war, this point is most prominent.
You must know that it is true that there are countless treasures passed down for hundreds of years in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Someone once said that if the land in the capital was turned over, it might be possible to dig out the treasury revenue of the Qing Dynasty for several years.
In later generations, many archaeologists, demolition teams, etc. always dug out large amounts of gold, silver, copper coins, antiques, etc. from the soil from time to time. These were not burial objects, but simply money buried in the soil.
Just goods.
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Of course, none of this has anything to do with Zhou Jimin.
The reason why he knows this is because he knows more about this era and understands that this era contains more information that is not known to future generations.
For example, he had just been shopping at the Pigeon Market for less than two minutes when he saw someone placing several antiques on the ground, with crooked words written on a piece of torn paper: Replace with ginseng that is over fifty years old.
Fifty-year-old ginseng is nothing. There are many hundred-year-old and fifty-year-old ginseng in his space.
However, these antiques are exquisite items that shock the space.
There is a saying that flowers planted with intention will not bloom, but willows planted without intention will form shade. This is what Zhou Jimin is talking about.
In the past, he often visited the Pigeon Market. Later, he looted most of the high-quality antiques in the capital. After that, he rarely encountered antiques that could shake the space.
Black jade, precious old wrenches and other items can all be classified as antiques.
Because Zhou Jimin discovered that pure jade cannot actually provide energy for space, but antiques can, which means that these antiques are actually contaminated with some energy.
This energy can be called the energy of time.
Space has incredible time acceleration, space springs, cloud beads and other extraordinary abilities or items, and these things are all powered by 'antiques'.
Therefore, it is quite normal for him to come to this conclusion.
There are no antiques that can provide energy for space, and he can't search abroad. The outside of the capital is too big, and there are too many pigeon markets, so it's hard to make a big fuss.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be better for him to open a store directly?
If he is willing to spend time and often go to the pigeon market outside the city, it will not be without gain.
However, it is too time-consuming, and the rewards may not be proportional to the efforts.
How could he do such a thankless task so stupidly?
"Hello, comrade, are these antiques real?"
Even though the space had already given him a hint, Zhou Jimin still squatted down quietly and asked, pretending not to understand.
The person setting up the stall was a gay man wearing a hat. He was in the shadows and couldn't tell what he looked like.
"Of course it's true. A fifty-year-old ginseng is exchanged for an antique, and a century-old ginseng is exchanged for two. If you are an innocent child, you will not bargain."
"It's too expensive, who can afford it? And I don't know if it's real. It's so dark, who can see clearly?"
Zhou Jimin muttered, it was not a counter-offer, but a normal trading rhythm. If he was too cheerful, he might even scare the other party.
When the other party heard Zhou Jimin's words, he rolled his eyes, snorted coldly, and said nothing more.
Anyway, this transaction is only for those who are willing to take the bait, and he is not deceiving others. Anyone with a discerning eye can naturally see that this antique is genuine.
"Can I get started and take a look?"
After pondering for a moment, Zhou Jimin suddenly asked.
"Feel free!"
Although the man in the hat had an easy-going tone and looked nonchalant, his eyes were fixed on Zhou Jimin.
The antiques on the floor are all family heirlooms. If the old man in the family is sick, how could he sell them?
Picking up the antique from the ground, Zhou Jimin could more clearly perceive the devouring desire of space.
Looking at it calmly, he also took out an old-fashioned flashlight from his arms and pointed it at the antique to look at it carefully.
The man in the hat couldn't help but be slightly surprised when he saw his movements.
In this day and age, flashlights are nothing unusual.
But not the average family is willing to spend this money.
For example, in Nanluoguxiang Siheyuan, many of the neighbors there go to the toilet in the dark when they get up at night.
Those who are willing to spend money can at most light an oil lamp and then carry it to the toilet.
Therefore, no one likes to go out at night. Firstly, it is inconvenient to walk, and secondly, it costs money.
Especially in winter, if you have to go to the toilet at night, you will do it as quickly as possible without any delay.
"Can I see these three more?"
After viewing the first antique, Zhou Jimin did not say anything, made no comments or lowered the price, but offered to view the other three antiques.
There were six pieces on the floor, and there were only four antiques that Zhou Jimin wanted to see.
The man in the hat said yes and said nothing further.
When Zhou Jimin was looking at the third antique, two more people came behind him.
They also came with flashlights and a faint fragrance. When I looked at them again, I saw that they were a pair of young people dressed in a wealthy family.
A young man can imitate others and go out to visit the pigeon market without sleeping?
Zhou Jimin ignored the young couple, glanced at them and then looked away, continuing to look at the antiques.
Soon, he had finished looking at four antiques.
But when he put down the last antique, the young man next to him had already held the two antiques he had seen before.
Does this person want to rob him?
His heart sank slightly, but Zhou Jimin didn't rush to speak.
But the young man next to him didn't say anything, he just looked over there.
A competition for patience?
Shaking his head, Zhou Jimin did not continue to wait, but said to the man in the hat:
"Excuse me, I want these four antiques. They are four 50-year-old ginseng, right?"
The latter nodded and said slightly happily:
"If you have century-old ginseng, two roots will be enough."
He has 100-year-old ginseng, but wouldn’t the 50-year-old be better?
"I didn't bring it with me, so I can trouble you to put it away. I'll go out to get you ginseng later and come back to exchange it with you, okay?"
When the other party heard Zhou Jimin's words, he naturally nodded quickly.
But the young man beside him suddenly stopped and said:
"Comrade, I'm also interested in these two antiques of yours. Please help me wrap them up. I can give you ginseng now."
When the man in the hat heard this, he looked at Zhou Jimin with a troubled expression.
But the latter shook his head and said to the young man:
"Comrade, everything must be done on a first-come, first-served basis. Isn't it impolite for you to jump in line like this?"
"You arrived before me, but you didn't buy it when I arrived. Besides, you haven't paid now, so why can't you sell it to me?"
Zhou Jimin looked at the other person, then at the man in the hat, and then said:
"Okay, I'll give these two pieces to you, comrade, and keep these two pieces for me, is that okay?"
The last sentence was addressed to the man in the hat.
But Zhou Jimin's behavior of not following the routine immediately made the young man lose his mind.
Fortunately, the woman next to him suddenly said to Zhou Jimin:
"Comrade, are you giving up now?"
The woman's voice is soft and pleasant.
However, in Zhou Jimin's opinion, this deception was too cheap. How could he be fooled?
Originally, when the young couple came over, he didn't notice it, he just thought it was a coincidence.
But later, the young man suddenly spoke and competed with him to buy antiques. After he gave in, the young man did not complete the transaction immediately, but looked at the man in the hat, which was wrong in itself.
"Yes, I suddenly don't want it anymore. You can buy it." Zhou Jimin stood up directly and left without any delay.
His move made the three hat men stay where they were.
Isn’t it a good idea again?
Although the Pigeon Market is not big, it is not small either, but not many people are willing to squat down and look at Hat Man’s antiques.
Besides, exchanging ginseng for antiques is prohibitive for most people.
After all, the existence of the Pigeon Market itself is to facilitate everyone to exchange some bills, food, etc. For antiques, only wealthy people who are full will want to buy antiques.
Most people don’t have enough to eat, so who is willing to spend such wasted money?
Seeing Zhou Jimin walking away, the hat man didn't care so much anymore and asked the young man and the woman to leave first, while he hurried to catch up.
"Comrade, comrade, wait a moment, everything can be discussed. Let's do this. I will keep these four antiques for you, and you can exchange them for four fifty-year-old ginseng. How about it?"
Zhou Jimin stopped and looked at the other person with a half-smile, without speaking.
The man in the hat was very embarrassed and continued to explain in a nonchalant manner, hoping that Zhou Jimin could ignore the past grievances and continue to complete the transaction just now.
"Haha, it's just a small business, but you guys almost pulled some tricks on me. Why don't you keep going? Maybe someone will actually be fooled."
Faced with Zhou Jimin's ridicule, the hat man smiled and said that it was just a misunderstanding.
Whether it was a misunderstanding or not, everyone knew very well. If Zhou Jimin didn't really want those four antiques, he wouldn't have bothered to talk to him.
"Seeing as you are so sincere, okay, then you wait for me for a while, but when I come back, I will check it again. If there is anything wrong, don't blame me for turning against you." Upon hearing this, the hat man
He was immediately overjoyed and nodded repeatedly, saying that if he checked casually, there would definitely be no problem.
Zhou Jimin nodded, turned and left.
He is not afraid of the other party making some small moves. He has already made his plans anyway. Do you want him to suffer? It’s just the hat man and the others, so don’t even think about it!
However, the outside of the city is no better than the inside, so you have to be more careful.
After leaving, Zhou Jimin did not leave the pigeon market immediately. Instead, he wandered to the other side to see if there were any other good things.
Not to mention, as long as you find it carefully, your luck will not be too bad.
An old man put a wooden bucket in front of him, and it was actually filled with eels. Under the light of the flashlight, golden, gray, and cauliflower-colored eels were sitting in the wooden bucket. There were about twenty or so eels, and they were still stained.
There is a lot of soil and grass roots, which is very attractive.
Although the eels in the barrel did not move, when Zhou Jimin reached out to touch them, they all ran away and looked very energetic.
Obviously, this was an eel that had just been caught in the field.
Seeing these eels, Zhou Jimin drooled unconsciously. These were all wild eels. What he could think of were eel pot, stir-fried eel, braised, boiled, fried eel shreds in sauce, etc., all of which
It’s delicious food.
Among the state banquets, the most famous ones are the Xiangyou Eel Lake and the Roudou Long Fish, which are the most famous dishes in Huaiyang cuisine.
To be honest, although he is a scientific researcher and the inventor of the computer, he has never been to the Beijing Hotel and tasted a state banquet.
It's not that leaders like Lao Lin are stingy, but that the tasks are tight, and every time they talk about something, it's either at the Yamen on Wenjin Street or in Nanjianzi Alley.
Due to various reasons, Zhou Jimin has not been to the Capital Hotel yet.
Of course, although he has never been to the Beijing Hotel, he has eaten several dishes from the state banquet. Well, during the previous meetings at the Yamen, the leaders sympathized with them as scientific researchers and asked the state banquet chef to make home-cooked dishes several times.
, just eat inside the Yamen.
Among them was a dish of long fish in a soft pocket, which left Zhou Jimin with endless aftertaste.
Later, he also raised a lot of eels in the space, but he always felt that the eels raised in the space were delicious and very nutritious, but they seemed to taste different from those cooked by the chef.
At first, he thought it was a problem with his cooking skills, but later he took the eel raised in the space to find the chef.
However, the long fish cooked by the chef had a different taste than before. This made the chef very puzzled and concluded that it was a problem with the eel.
Therefore, whenever Zhou Jimin is hungry for eels, he always goes to Pigeon Market to buy some wild eels.
After all, he can eat the eels raised in the space often.
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"Hello, comrade, how do you sell this eel?"
The barefoot old man smiled innocently, stretched out two palms, one with five fingers spread out, and the other with only two fingers exposed. Zhou Jimin asked in confusion, and then confirmed that the price was 2.5 cents per pound.
He pondered for a moment and then asked the other party to help weigh them. He wanted them all.
There are a lot of eels in the wooden barrel, both large and small. The largest one probably has seven or eight ounces, but there are also two or three ounces of small ones.
It would be such a waste not to buy all the eels that are so fat and heat them in a pot.
"Okay, this is weighing." The barefoot old man was very happy, grinned, and asked the person next to him to borrow a steelyard and weight, and then started weighing.
After weighing, the barefoot old man asked Zhou Jimin to prepare a bag for the eels. He needed to weigh the barrel.
"Comrade, please help me pour it into the basket." Zhou Jimin brought a basket with a small basket inside, which was just big enough to hold the eels.
However, the barefoot old man looked at the exquisite basket and hesitated, "Comrade, this basket of yours is so beautiful. Isn't it appropriate to just pour it in like this? How about you get another one?"
The barefoot old man, who was used to being thrifty, could not stand Zhou Jimin's extravagant behavior.
The eel is so dirty, it's sticky, it's also stained with grass stalks, mud, etc. So if you pour it in directly, it will definitely make the basket dirty. What a waste?
The basket was woven from bamboo by Zhou Jimin in the space. It really took a lot of thought. It has small animal patterns, which looks very handy.
He just took it from the space casually. It was dark after all, so he didn't think too much.
But he could have as much of this thing as he wanted. Unexpectedly, the barefoot old man not only observed it carefully, but also took the initiative to mention it.
"Oh, I'm sorry, it was dark and I couldn't see clearly." Zhou Jimin smiled apologetically, and then took out another cloth bag from the big basket.
Well, this is a cloth bag with many patches. It looks a bit old, but it is the shabby thing he can get.
The barefoot old man smiled and poured the eels in the barrel into the cloth bag, and then began to weigh the barrel.
However, after the barefoot old man was weighed, he was a little slow in calculation because he had to reduce the weight of the barrel, and he broke out in a sweat.
Zhou Jimin didn't say anything. It wasn't that he didn't want to help, but that he couldn't help. Otherwise, he was kind-hearted, and the barefoot old man would have thought he wanted to take advantage.
Fortunately, the people next to me were still very enthusiastic to help. They quickly calculated the weight and also helped the barefoot old man calculate the price.
More than 20 eels, with a total weight of more than six kilograms, only cost a little over one dollar and fifty cents. This is a great deal.
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguoyuedu to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. yeguoyuedu is available for Android and Apple.]
For a barefoot old man, this deal is also a very good deal.
Eel is not as good as pork. Although it is very nutritious, it is usually purchased only if there are pregnant women, sick elderly people and children at home. Otherwise, ordinary families will not buy it.
Originally, the barefoot old man was mentally prepared that he would not be able to sell it today. Unexpectedly, after waiting for more than half an hour, he actually sold it.
Watching the barefoot old man leave, Zhou Jimin turned around and walked out of the pigeon market, carrying a big basket.
Because of the delay just now, I believe the hat man selling antiques must be anxious.
In order to avoid long nights and many dreams, he had better leave the pigeon market first to show off and buy back the antiques.
More than ten minutes later, Zhou Jimin came back to the hat man's stall again. The hat man immediately stood up happily.
"Comrade, you are back. Look, the four antiques you asked for are still here. Please check them to make sure they haven't been swapped."
Seeing the other party's anxious explanation, Zhou Jimin smiled coldly in his heart. Even if the package was swapped, he wouldn't be afraid. As long as it was still in the pigeon market, he didn't believe he wouldn't be able to get it back.
Of course, the other party didn't do anything like this, and he didn't bother to care. His goal was to complete the transaction smoothly.
After a while, after checking again, Zhou Jimin pocketed the four antiques.
At the same time, he also gave the other party four 50-year-old ginseng.
After the man in the hat saw the ginseng, he looked at it carefully and then happily ended the transaction.
Leaving the hat man's stall, Zhou Jimin continued to wander happily.
I was so lucky to visit the Pigeon Market today. I harvested eels and antiques. Half of today’s mission was completed.
As for the food stored in the space, there is no rush.
Thinking of this, he walked around the pigeon market several times to make sure that he didn't miss anything he wanted.
Surprisingly, he also saw someone selling books. He consulted and the person said that the books were all unique or unofficial biographies of previous dynasties, and they were valuable.
Yellowing books really make many people have no desire to buy them.
Zhou Jimin patiently squatted down and read for a while before he fell in love with one of the books.