I went to a fake college

Chapter 22 Business Opportunities
"Ah, come here, take a look, here are freshly baked products from the mountains! They are all products from the mountains!" An old man in simple clothes yelled.

At this moment, Lin Xiao's mood returned to calm. Looking at the bustling crowd on the street, he finally found a sense of security.

"Come here, take a look, there are freshly baked goods from the mountains here!"

Lin Xiao was quickly attracted by those whooping sounds. Turning his head to look, he saw that there were many strange things on the stall, big and small, colorful, purple fruits the size of eggs, and blue fruits like palms. Fruits are human-shaped mountain treasures, and there are some things that I don’t know if they are eaten or what they are for.

The old man looked at Lin Xiao, and said politely: "Little brother, come and have a look, there are a lot of fresh wild fruits here, buy some back, even if you can't finish it, you can give it to your girlfriend."

Lin Xiao walked over, pointed to the small crystal clear purple fruit of an egg and asked, "What kind of fruit is this?"

"Hehe, you really have a vision. This is a good thing. This is agate fruit. It is a wild fruit deep in the mountains, and it will only bear fruit on ancient trees over a thousand years old. It is very difficult to find, and the number is rare. One, to make sure you feel refreshed."

"Is it that amazing? Are you bragging!"

"Hey, your words are too ugly. I'm old and have been doing business here for hundreds of years. Who doesn't know that all the things I sell are good things."

"Hundreds of years? How old are you this year?"

When the old man heard this, he raised up three fingers and said, "I'm over 300 years old, can't you tell? I'm a warrior, otherwise, how dare I go to the mountains and collect wild fruits on the mountains? It's very difficult to go up the mountains. dangerous."

"More than 300 years old!" Lin Xiao discovered that people in this world can live for such a long time, and Lin Xiao guessed that this might be related to cultivation. Thinking of this, Lin Xiao smiled, "What's the price of this agate fruit?"

"Oh, this thing is a bit expensive, it costs ten silver coins each."

Lin Xiao didn't have a very accurate concept of the currency here, and he didn't know how much ten silver coins were.

In the Azure Continent, one gold coin is equal to one hundred silver coins, and equal to ten thousand copper coins. The annual income of ordinary people is about dozens of gold coins. From this, it can be seen that ten silver coins is relatively expensive.

Lin Xiao touched his pocket, only to realize that he was penniless, but he didn't show it immediately, but picked it up, pointed to another thing that looked a bit like a "person", and asked: "Is this a person?" What is it?"

"Here, this is ginseng fruit. Oh boy, you have a good eye. This thing is even more precious. It's rare to come across one in a year. I was lucky to get one this morning."

"Then tell me in detail, I've never seen this thing before."

The old man smiled and said, "How old are you? It's not surprising that you haven't seen this thing before. It's normal for ordinary people to never see it in their life. This kind of fruit can run. It doesn't have a fixed growth position. It likes to run to the top of the tree. bask in the sun."

"Run to the top of the tree? Isn't it buried in the soil? Why is it still moving? Isn't that an animal?"

"It, some say it is half animal and half vegetable, because it grows on the sun and the sap of a big tree, and whenever it climbs to the top of some kind of big tree, it takes root there, puts its roots in The branches of big trees, and then absorb nutrients, and the top of the tree has more sunlight, and they need this kind of harsh conditions to grow."

"Ah? There is such a thing?" Lin Xiao looked very surprised. He didn't expect such a strange creature to exist in this world. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, this strange creature should have a special purpose.

"Yes, and they don't live on a fixed tree. They often choose towering trees, so it's hard to find them."

"Then how do you eat it? What's the benefit to your body if you eat it?"

"It can be eaten raw, or you can take it home to make soup. If you are injured, eating this food can quickly recover and improve your cultivation speed. It is a rare tonic. If you want it, I will sell it to you for [-] gold coins .”

Lin Xiao was a little moved when he heard the words. After eating such a strange thing, it must be very beneficial to his body.It's a pity that I have no money, so I had to say: "Thank you, I'm shopping. I'll come and buy it after I think about it."

"Okay!" the old man continued to shout after finishing speaking.

Lin Xiao regretted that he didn't borrow some gold coins from Jarrod to go shopping. He continued to walk, and vaguely saw a group of people gathered together. They didn't know what they were doing. It seemed very lively. There are men and women, and women account for more than half.

Lin Xiao was very curious, so he walked over and squeezed into the crowd. After watching carefully for a while, he found that the group of people were gathering together to gamble, and the gambling tool turned out to be a strange turtle.

Lin Xiao observed for a few minutes, and he found that there were eight holes in the shell of this strange tortoise, in the southeast, northwest, and eight directions of southeast, southwest, northwest, and northeast.

The eight openings are marked with eight numbers.

The rules of the game are very simple, every time the tortoise retracts its head, everyone starts betting, and after the buy is decided to leave the hand, the dealer starts to beat drums and gongs on the tortoise's back.

When the tortoise heard the sound of gongs and drums, it thought it was thunder, and then stretched out its head, but the position of the head was random. If anyone bet on the corresponding position, he would get three times the payout. Next to the corresponding position, you can get double the payout.

"Aha, buy it and leave it, buy it and leave it, do you have any bets? If not, I'll open it!" The sturdy woman shouted.

"Dang, clang, clang!" As the knocking sound ended, the tortoise showed its head, "No. [-]" position!
"Aha, pass kill!" The sturdy woman looked very proud.

Lin Xiao smiled. He didn't expect that everyone could gamble openly on the street. It seems that there should be no strict control here. Maybe this is a good "project" to make a fortune.

In the era when Lin Xiao lived, he had never encountered any kind of quack tricks. Novices were afraid of experienced ones, skilled hands were afraid of masters, and masters were afraid of scammers.Lin Xiao liked to gamble since he was a child, but the gambles were very small, and he also had some research on cheating.

Lin Xiao looked left and right, and gradually discovered that someone in the team had some "contact" with this sturdy woman. Others couldn't see any flaws, but he could.

These two people are "setting up" everyone. This kind of quack trick has been completely rotten in Lin Xiao's hometown, and he can tell it at a glance.

【Hmph, this support is well hidden! ] Lin Xiao smiled secretly, and soon Lin Xiao found out that the position the man entrusted to buy was opposite to the position that was opened, that is to say, if the tortoise would emerge from the north, then he would bet on the south.

After several observations, Lin Xiao discovered this pattern, so he borrowed a gold coin from a strange woman next to him.

Seeing that Lin Xiao was young and looking so sunny, the woman immediately lent him a gold coin.

After getting a gold coin, he took the opportunity to buy the opposite direction with the male trustee. Sure enough, Lin Xiao won three times the payout!

"Haha, little brother, you're lucky, you won three times the payout!"

Lin Xiao smiled and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law. If you hadn't lent me a gold coin, I wouldn't have won a penny." Lin Xiao returned a gold coin to her after speaking.

"Sister-in-law, am I that old? You should call me sister." After the young woman finished speaking, she deliberately puffed her chest out and squeezed towards Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao was a little embarrassed. The sister in front of her was indeed pretty, but when she remembered that she was an ordinary person and what happened in the academy, she immediately lost her mind.

Lin Xiao thought so, and then he made another move. This time, he won six gold coins, plus two of his own, for a total of eight gold coins.

"Ahaha, you are so good that you got hit again! Then you have to treat someone to dinner at noon." The big sister smiled and said.

Lin Xiao nodded happily, and was about to continue down the farm, but found that the man and the sturdy woman were whispering.

Lin Xiao smiled to himself: They probably want to change their tactics now, thinking I can't see it.

At this time, the trustee had already started to buy.

Lin Xiao saw the trickiness in it, and guessed that the rules of the game might change. In order to test the water, Lin Xiao only bet one gold coin this time, and bet the same as the entrusted bet.

As soon as the lottery was drawn, Lin Xiao won again, and it was three times more!
"Oh, your luck is really great! You have won three bets in a row! Follow you and have meat to eat!" said the elder sister next to her with a smile.

In the next half an hour, the two men changed their tactics again. Lin Xiao quickly discovered the pattern, and chased after the victory again, and won a lot of gold coins, until the sturdy woman put the turtle away and said angrily : "I'm not playing anymore, I'm not playing anymore, come back tomorrow, and I'll be here today." After she finished speaking, she gave Lin Xiao a look, and then left in a huff.

Lin Xiao looked at the gold coins in his pocket, and he won almost a hundred gold coins. He was very happy, after all, he was an empty-handed white wolf.

"Hey, little brother, I won because of your honor today." The young woman looked at Lin Xiao with a smile, and continued to ask, "By the way, are you really a student of Blue Sword Academy?"

Lin Xiao took out the relevant documents and said, "You see what I lied to you for."

The young woman smiled and said, "As expected of a student from a first-rate academy, all of them are masters! Why don't you come to my house as a guest today, and I'll treat you to dinner, how about it?"

Lin Xiao shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I'm going to buy some things, and I have to go to the college to attend classes later, or another day."

"That's good, my name is Merritt, what's your name?"

"My name is Lin Xiao."

"Lin Xiao? Well, my family lives at No. 66 of this street. You can come to my house directly to find me when you have time in the future. You are welcome anytime." After Merit finished speaking, she even winked at Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao nodded, thinking: If you want to coax me to go to your house, maybe it's another witch, so I won't be fooled!
Then the two separated, and Lin Xiao walked towards the center of the market.

(End of this chapter)