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Chapter 88 Fur Trader Li Feng

"mushroom!"

Li Feng was speechless as he kept talking about this incision.After giving Mr. Liang two cents, he put him into the alley.

These are also considered peripheral security personnel. They only have this bowl of food to eat. There is no need to struggle with this little money. With them here, at least there is someone to remind them.

After entering the alley, Li Feng discovered what this legendary Sophora City looked like.

Because it was dark, the alley was even darker. There were only a few people here and there using flashlights to shine on things on the stalls.

Rows of small stalls were spread out on the ground. Some were lit with kerosene lamps, which only lit up a little flame to illuminate the things on the stalls. Some were simply set up in the dark, taking advantage of the moonlight.

Behind each stall, a man with only his eyes exposed was guarding the stalls. He put his hands into his sleeves and looked at the passers-by who were wandering in front of the stalls.

The rules here are that you can only take care of goods, not people, and the origin of the business is irrelevant.

The person in front noticed something and stretched out his hand, and the stall owner also stretched out his hand.Then the sleeves of the two people moved together, making a small sound.

"This is too cruel, please add more..."

"For this price, it will be successful or not..."

Just like this, transactions were going on in a dark environment. Li Feng's eyesight dimmed and he didn't understand how to trade, so he had to take a rough look at the stalls one by one.

Some were clothes and shoes, some old clothes were thrown away, cloth shoes were on the stall, some looked like medicinal materials, and some looked like antiques, calligraphy and paintings.Ling Ling Zongzong put together this small-scale Sophora City.

At the end, I found that the most crowded place was the food stall. On the stall were a small handful of stick noodles and a handful of rice.In this stall, two vendors and customers "communicate" one by one.

Seeing that he almost understood it, Li Feng walked around for a long time without seeing the butcher.Normally in the alley, on such a cold day, there would always be a few beauties waiting for customers to buy meat in the freezing cold wind.

Li Feng thought that it might be a severe crackdown. Since it couldn't soothe the soul, it could only soothe the wallet.

Returning to the entrance of the alley where we came in, we said hello to the sentry who had returned from using the restroom, and went to get something first. Don't charge twice for the mosquitoes, no matter how small they are, they are nothing more than meat.

I found a deserted place, took out five rabbit skins brought back from the grassland and wrapped them in three wolf skins. I was going to explore the place first. Today I would like to be a fur merchant.

Returning to Sophora City, I looked around and found the place with the most people, next to the rice noodle shop. I spread the wolf fur face up, then spread the rabbit skin on top, rolled up my sleeves, and acted like an experienced driver. Squat down.

On the side selling rice and noodles, I saw the furs on Li Feng's stall in the moonlight and knew that a new person had arrived. After all, no fur seller had come here before.One of them stopped trading with others, signaled to the person next to him, and walked to Li Feng's stall.

"newcomer?"

"How do you sell things?"

The visitor said, looking carefully at a piece of rabbit skin, using the moonlight to see its quality. , while asking Li Feng the price, he stretched out his hand.

Li Feng didn't understand this kind of sign language transaction, so he waved his hand, changed his accent, and began to sell the goods.

"I don't understand this. [-] pieces of rabbit skin and [-] pieces of wolf skin are both made on the grassland. They are absolutely warm."

The man seemed to have some understanding, but maybe Li Feng's asking price was too high, so he came to test it anyway. He shook his head and returned to his stall.

The people buying rice and noodles over there saw that there was another stall next door, and one or two people walked out one after another, followed by Li Feng's stall, and looked at the goods.

Li Feng was afraid that they would reach out to inquire again, so he spoke directly in a low voice. "Five cents of rabbit skin, five cents of wolf skin."

The two waved their hands and returned to the food stall.

Li Feng frowned. In total, three people asked about the price, but no one took action. Was his price too high?

But this thing is a real good thing. It's winter soon. This rabbit skin and wolf skin can be used as kneepads, hats, coats, or cloaks.

It's not easy to sell it at a low price, but he doesn't know that things are good things. At this stage, food is the most important thing for people. If it's cold, you can warm yourself up by the fire, but you can't resist if you're hungry.

Li Feng waited for a long time, and there were quite a few people who came to ask about the price. But when he heard the price, he found that there was no bargain, so most of them shook their heads and left.Li Feng's mentality exploded when he saw a grain seller next to him, dragging someone into the alley behind and closing a deal.

After a while, a man wearing a mask, glasses on his nose, and a small flashlight in his hand came over. He had already passed Li Feng's stall and went to the stall selling food.

He glanced at Li Feng's stall and used his flashlight to shine on the fur on the stall. Not to mention, with the light on, the color and density of the fur could be seen clearly.

The people next door also stretched their heads and looked at Li Feng, planning to wait until Li Feng couldn't sell the chick and then come over and take advantage of it at a low price.

The man tried to pull the hair, and it looked like it wouldn't fall off easily. Li Feng didn't stop him. He said there were no rules. People pretended to be afraid of people touching them, but he was really not afraid of people touching them. After all, he was the one who picked the goods. .

Seeing that Mao Ti couldn't escape, the man knew that it was well maintained. He looked at the position of the wolf's head with a flashlight for a long time and nodded after confirming that it was not a dog's skin pretending to be a wolf's skin.

He stood up and stretched out his hand to Li Feng. Li Feng waved his hand again, leaned his head to his ear and whispered.

"The rabbit skin costs five cents, and the wolf skin costs five cents. If you want them all in one package, I will give you two more rabbit skins."

Li Feng was also cruel and could not go back after freezing all night without gaining anything at all.I have a huge discount, two yuan for the whole place, only two yuan, two yuan for everything.

The bespectacled man's eyes were filled with joy, and then he covered it up. He also saw that Li Feng was a young boy who didn't know sign language.

"If you add up to 17 yuan and a half, you will get two tickets, at least four."

After struggling for a long time, Li Feng saw someone finally making a counter-offer and knew that the long march of thousands of miles had finally taken the first step.He also endured his patience and began to bargain. Rabbit Skin himself had more, but he made a counteroffer and Li Feng immediately agreed. The customer would feel that he had suffered a loss.

"No, these rabbit skins are from the grassland. The fur is of good color and the skin is soft. I am in a hurry to go back, so I will give you two."

"That won't work. It can't be as much as you say. Let's each take a step back. If you give me three more rabbit skins like this, the business will be done."

Li Feng pretended to look around, gritted his teeth and stamped his feet.He took out three rabbit skins from the space inside the military coat, wrapped them together with the three wolf skins on the ground, and gave them to the man with glasses.

Men with glasses also know how to get a good deal. Nowadays, a coat in a department store can easily cost dozens or hundreds of dollars.Three wolf skins and eight rabbit skins can make a coat.He took out a ten-dollar note from the slit of his cuffs, counted seven and a half dollars from his inner pocket and handed it to Li Feng.

Li Feng, who was holding the money, also looked at it carefully in the moonlight. Although he didn't know if there were counterfeit coins in this era, it was always right to be cautious.

The two happily collected the money, the other received the goods, and went their separate ways.

Li Feng couldn't stand the cold weather in the middle of the night. After leaving the ghost market, he looked back and saw that no one was there. He found a deserted place, took out his bicycle, rode back and went back.

　It is relatively simple to negotiate the price in the sleeves, which is called Qiankun in the sleeves.The simplest one is the one-handed pinching gesture that Chinese people basically know. They can pinch from one to the number nine. A clenched fist represents ten, and another person touches the gesture.If there is a zero or a whole nine, tell the other party, this is zero, this is a whole, and then the other party's counteroffer is the seller's gesture of touching the buyer again.The use of specialized intermediaries will be more complicated. Ordinary people can use such simple ones for black market transactions, and the price will not be revealed. Whoever reads our book and travels back in time must remember this.

　　The TV series "Mansion Gate" also had this episode.

　　
　
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