I am Fugui

Chapter 9 Procurement
"That's right, if you come to the county seat, you can get a windfall."

Xizizi put the money into her purse, and was about to put it in her bosom, when she saw the cut on the clothes with a knife, she felt angry again.

He only had such a decent piece of clothing for going out, even if it could be repaired, one more patch would not look good.

The pickpocket lying on the ground suddenly felt a chill hit him, and when he looked up, the murderer was staring at him viciously.

"Master, you took all the silver dollars, and you beat the man, so let me go." He wanted to cry but had no tears.

Xu Fugui couldn't resist kicking him, "Hu Mazi is your boss, right?"

The pickpocket looked at him in surprise, hesitated, and nodded slowly.

"If you are not convinced, ask Hu Mazi to help you and tell him I am Xu Fugui."

After speaking, he picked up the melon cap on the ground and walked out of the alley in a good mood.

Hu Mazi is the leader of the gang of pickpockets in Yunxi County. He usually likes to hang out in the casino when he has nothing to do.

Although he is down and out now, judging from his past friendship, Hu Mazi will not pursue it.

After all, it was his subordinates who had no eyesight.

After getting a windfall, Xu Fugui couldn't help being moved by the smell of sesame seed cakes and chaos.

After eating sweet potatoes for two meals, he was still not full, and there was no oil in his stomach, so he was very hungry.

But thinking of his relatives at home, he still held back his thoughts, and it didn't make sense to enjoy it by himself.

It's better to make a good life at home, don't talk too much, at least eat and dress so as not to wrong the family.

After identifying the direction, I was about to walk towards the west of the city, when I suddenly thought that the past street was the old man’s rice shop. After a moment of hesitation, I turned around and chose to take a detour to the west of the city.

Thinking of the absurd things he did to his father-in-law before, he is really ashamed to see his father-in-law now.

Enduring the commotion of the Wu Zang Temple in his stomach, he came to the seed shop in the west of the city, and asked tentatively, "Shopkeeper, do you accept military tickets?"

The shopkeeper put down his abacus and shook his head without thinking, "No, except for military tickets and RMB, everything else is accepted. What do you want to buy?"

Looking up, surprise flashed in his eyes, "Isn't this Young Master Xu? Why did you come to my place? Don't you usually see you in the north of the city?"

Casinos and brothels are in the north of the city.

Xu Fugui didn't expect that he was quite famous in the county, and that the shopkeeper knew him, so he sneered and said openly:
"Shopkeeper, you don't know yet, I lost all my family property to Long Er, and I won't be the young master anymore, just call me Fugui from now on."

"Tsk, you, you" the shopkeeper smacked his mouth, as if to feel sorry for him.

"Then what do you want? How many military tickets do you have? If it is less, I can decide."

Xu Fugui's eyes lit up, and he took out [-] military tickets from his purse. The shopkeeper heaved a sigh of relief, "Okay, I can accept it. Let's see what I want. This season, I'm afraid I can only buy some autumn sweet potatoes and autumn potatoes."

Without hesitation, Xu Fugui said, "I want one and a half mu of potato seeds, one mu of sweet potato seeds, and some Chinese cabbage, shallots, garlic, radishes, and peppers. If you don't have enough military tickets, I'll buy them in French currency." Make up with silver dollars."

The shopkeeper smiled in surprise: "I also told the young master what to plant, I don't think someone has explained to the young master, okay, I'll get it for the young master."

Xu Fugui didn't explain, in the shopkeeper's impression, how could he know so much about the things in the field.

What kind of crops to buy, he thought about it last night. The staple food is potatoes and sweet potatoes. Potatoes can be planted more, because the yield of potatoes is more than that of sweet potatoes.

Vegetables are naturally indispensable. Chinese cabbage and radishes should be more varied. Cabbage matures quickly, and if the seeds are good, it can be served in a month.

And if you can't finish it, you can marinate it and keep it for a long time.

To be honest, it’s too late to plant now. It’s best to plant it in August, but there’s nothing you can do if it’s too late.

The shopkeeper wrapped all the seeds in yellow paper, and Xu Fugui gave all the general ticket and legal currency to the shopkeeper, and took out three silver coins.

The fiat currency keeps depreciating, and if you can use it, use it.

The shopkeeper found him ten copper coins, opened his mouth to say something, and finally sighed.

"Thank you, shopkeeper." Xu Fugui said sincerely, the shopkeeper lost a full thousand military tickets in this transaction.

"Master, in the future, don't go to the north of the city."

"Don't worry, shopkeeper, I won't gamble anymore."

Walking out of the seed shop, holding the seeds in one hand and clutching the purse tightly in the other, for fear of being stolen by pickpockets again.

Suddenly, he slapped his thigh violently, "Why didn't my mother think of this!"

Going around the crowd and walking into a hidden alley, seeing no one around, with a thought, seeds and purses appeared in the space.

Xu Fugui smiled triumphantly, now let's see which pickpocket can still steal his things.

After walking out of the alley, he continued to wander the streets, taking advantage of his money to buy some things that were missing at home.

Kitchen knife, salt, pepper, peanut oil, axe, hatchet, hoe.
On the way, he even took his white silk gown to the tailor shop, and kept wrangling it until the man took out four silver horns to buy it.

When I walked to the Yunxi Bridge, I found someone selling lambs on the bridge. I asked about the price and asked for eight silver cents, so I reluctantly bought it.

Silver horns and copper coins are the auxiliary coins of the silver dollar, and one silver dollar is worth ten silver dimes or one thousand to one thousand three copper coins.

There were also chicken sellers and duck buyers near the sheep sellers. With a big wave of his hand, Xu Fugui bought two hens, two ducks, and ten chicks each.

After this purchase, all the silver dollars on my body were completely spent!

There are only five silver horns and dozens of copper plates left on his body.

There is no way, the price of silver dollars has been depreciating. Although four silver dollars are a lot, it is really useless to spend.

But Xu Fugui didn't feel bad either, it was windfall money anyway, so it didn't feel bad to spend it.

I bought a bamboo basket, put the chickens and ducks in it, held the lamb in my arms, and prepared to leave with big and small bags.

"Master Xu's family?"

A suspicious voice came, and Xu Fugui was stunned for two seconds before realizing that it was calling himself.

Turning his head, he saw a young man wearing a white silk gown, holding a paper fan, and a beardless young man walking over with the gown.

After thinking about it in his mind, Xu Fugui showed a smile on his face, "So it's the young master of the Wang family, is he all right?"

Wang Wenchang put away his fan, and looked at the lamb in his arms with distaste, "You are such a young master, how did you make it look like this?"

"It's not the young master anymore, it's not as good as before, now I can only make a living every day." Xu Fugui said generously.

Wang Wenchang was from the Wang family in the county seat. The Wang family monopolized the rickshaw business in the county seat and even opened a restaurant.

Naturally, Wang Wenchang is the one who is not short of money. He used to like hanging out in casinos like Xu Fugui, and the two also had a little friendship.
(End of this chapter)