After making a wish, financial freedom

Chapter 329 The Cross

After the call was connected, Li Zhuo asked:
"Good morning, are you Mr. John Jones?"

"Yes, are you...?" said the man over there.

"Oh, I'm a traveler. That's it. Mr. Jones. I'm in Hill Town. I heard that you collected a lot of hazelnuts a few days ago, right? I wonder if you sold them?"

"Oh, yes, I did get a lot of nuts in Hill Town, and I'm still keeping them at home. I haven't decided whether to sell them or keep them for myself." Mr. Jones replied.

Li Zhuo continued:

"I heard that this originally belonged to a squirrel. I think it's very strange. I want to buy it. The price is twice the market price."

In the UK, the price of raw hazelnuts is about 5 pounds per kilogram, but Li Zhuo raised the price to 10 pounds per kilogram.

Opposite John hesitated for a moment and said:

"Sir, although I didn't weigh it specifically, it should weigh around 30 kilograms. Are you sure you want to buy it? It will cost you 300 pounds."

He has some doubts, because it doesn't cost so much to buy hazelnuts of the same weight in the supermarket, and the supermarket has also screened, so the hazelnuts are all of the same size.

What Li Zhuo is worried about is that he won't sell it. As for spending the extra money, it's not a problem for him:

"It doesn't matter, it was collected by squirrels, and that alone is worth my extra money."

On the phone, John sounded a little happy:

"In that case, then I am willing to sell it to you at this price. Are you coming to Guildford Town? How can I meet you?"

Li Zhuo replied:

"I don't drive. It's not convenient to go there. Can you send it? I know it's not far from Guildford."

The distance between the two places is more than 30 kilometers, so it is not troublesome to come here.

John paused, then said:
"It's not impossible to send it there, but it will have to wait until after I get off work. I won't be free until the evening, and you have to reimburse the gas fee."

It can be heard that he is not very happy to make this trip.

Li Zhuo didn't want to wait until night, so he said directly:
"Well, if you are willing to send it here now, I will give you 200 pounds as fuel."

John's heart was moved instantly. As long as he made a trip now, he would get 500 pounds for nothing.

This amount of money is not a small amount for him. In fact, the average monthly income of a British person is around 2200 pounds, and 500 pounds is equivalent to his weekly salary.

For the British, it is definitely not their character to have money but not to earn it. He immediately said:

"Then I'll ask for leave now, and I'll be in Hill Town in about an hour."

Li Zhuo nodded and said:
"Okay, call me when you get here."

After hanging up the phone, Li Zhuo expressed his thanks to the shop owner and the two staff members in the business hall. These people all recognized Li Zhuo's approach, so they were more polite to him.

After leaving the store, Li Zhuo went to the White Horse Bar for a stroll. The name of this bar comes from an English king named Richard in the Middle Ages, because the white horse was his emblem, so the name itself has its own meaning. history.

There are quite a few tourists in this store, and they mainly come here to check in.

Li Zhuo ordered a cocktail and waited while drinking it slowly.

About 40 minutes later John Jones arrived and gave him a call.

Li Zhuo came out of the bar and met John who was driving a pickup truck on the side of the street.

John is a slightly obese British guy, not tall, with a full beard, and he can tell at a glance that he is a blue-collar worker.

After the two shook hands, John said:
"Sir, I brought the hazelnuts and put them in the trunk of the pickup truck. I'll take them out for you."

The hazelnuts were in a big sack, and he lifted them out of the pickup.

Li Zhuo took it, weighed it, and asked:

"Are all the hazelnuts here?"

"Yes, sir. I brought all the hazelnuts I collected that day. Don't worry, I didn't keep them privately. Its weight will not be less than 30 kilograms."

Li Zhuo believed this. The pocket in his hand was not light. He nodded, then took out ten 10-pound cash notes from his pocket, and said:

"Here is £500, the amount promised to you."

Among the commonly used currencies in the UK, 50 pounds is relatively large, and money with a face value of 100 pounds is rarely seen.

John happily took the money, counted it, then nodded and said:

"The money is right, thank you, sir."

After earning Li Zhuo's money, he was in a happy mood, and asked flatteringly:

"Sir, why don't I take you to your residence, this bag of hazelnuts is heavy and inconvenient to hold."

Li Zhuo shook his head and said:
"No, it's not heavy to me at all, you go back."

Li Zhuo easily picked up the hazelnut bag and took it away. Seeing that he didn't need help, John got in the car and left.

After a while, Li Zhuo came to the grove outside the town again. He looked around and after making sure that there was no one else, he began to call the red squirrel:

"Brother Squirrel, come out, your stolen hazelnuts are here."

Then he tilted the pocket, revealing the hazelnuts.

Soon, the red squirrel jumped down from the tree and ran over quickly.

It put its head into the pocket and sniffed the smell, then poked its head out and said happily:

"That's right, these are the hazelnuts I collected, and there is my breath on them. Now that I lost them, I have become the richest man in the squirrel world again."

He was very happy, and wagging his tail merrily, he began to take the nuts in his paws and stuff them into his mouth.

The squirrel's cheek pouch allows it to transport four or five hazelnuts at a time, and of course the mouth will be full every time.

Li Zhuo was sitting next to him watching the red squirrel tirelessly transporting hazelnuts.

Now it has learned to be smart, and hides the hazelnuts in several places, so as not to be taken in a pot again.

After Li Zhuo waited for it to carry it for a while, he said to it:

"Brother Squirrel, with all due respect, with your current efficiency and speed, you won't be able to transport so many hazelnuts in a few days. I'll find you a place to hide them, and you can transport them slowly."

The red squirrel apparently also noticed this problem, and it agreed with Li Zhuo's proposal.

So Li Zhuo took the bag of hazelnuts and went deeper into the woods, and then found a relatively hidden rock, and poured out the hazelnuts.

The amount was relatively large, so in order to conceal the truth, Li Zhuo picked up some dead branches and leaves from nearby, and covered the pile of hazelnuts.

Such a concealment cannot be seen without careful inspection.

After doing this, Li Zhuo patted the dust off his hands, and asked the squirrel beside him:

"Brother Squirrel, I helped you fulfill your wish. Is there anything you can give me?"

Squirrel stood up again, looked at Li Zhuo and said:

"Yes, I know an item that should be of interest to you humans."

Immediately, it sent a picture to Li Zhuo in the sea of ​​consciousness, the picture was relatively dim, but Li Zhuo still noticed that there was a golden and green thing flickering in the corner of the picture.

By feeling, he realized that it was a metal object in the shape of a cross, perhaps a golden cross.

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(End of this chapter)