Era: Start as a buyer

When he first arrived at the street here, Luo Cheng was no longer in a hurry to eat luxurious ramen. Because he saw an interesting thing. Two workers were selling turtles at the street entrance, each carrying one.

You definitely don’t know them, but now many people at the construction site are wearing camouflage labor protection uniforms, and one person is wearing a yellow safety helmet. The characteristics of the workers at the construction site were so obvious. This morning, Luo Cheng was still thinking about what would happen if he caught soft-shell turtles and eels to sell here. At noon, he saw the workers who were already doing this.

God has been very kind to me. Let’s go and find out how the big brother, a coworker, sells turtles.

Brothers, you are selling turtles. Come and have a cigarette.

What's up, brother, you want to buy it.

No, I'm just curious to see how much such a big turtle can be sold for.

It was dug at the construction site, it's wild. Brother, would you like to buy one and try it? You are also a construction site worker here. How about I sell you one for three hundred.

Three hundred? The turtle sold on the pedestrian street is so big, it only weighs 41 pounds.

They are domesticated, but ours is different from the wild ones. Didn't you notice the mud on this turtle? It was just caught.

I can't afford it. I'm really just curious. The price of wild ones is different from that of farmed ones.

Of course it's different. If you don't buy it, just walk away. Don't hinder our business.

Seeing that Luo Cheng really had no desire to buy, the two workers became impatient. Who would tell you so much if you don't want to buy?

When Luo Cheng saw this, he felt he was looking down on himself. If he were in his time, he would have called someone to put a sack on this idiot. But in this future time and space, he really doesn't dare to cause trouble. I thought that since I have a mobile phone, I would just check the difference between the wild ones and the raised ones.

After spending two cigarettes in vain, Luo Cheng turned around and left, going to a ramen restaurant to eat ramen.

That silly boy doesn't really think that we are also from the construction site, right?

Probably, a stupid migrant worker, but it's getting harder and harder to trick us with tricks like ours. Why don't we find a place where there are more old people. Some old people like to pretend to understand when they don't understand.

Okay, let's change the place. I used to fool the rich people in the city, but now I can only fool the old people in remote places.

After Luo Cheng left, the two turtle sellers didn't stay long. They just dress up as workers at the construction site to fool people. The turtles are bought from the wholesale market, which is cheaper than the ones sold in the old streets mentioned by Luo Cheng, but they are big. Even if they are farmed, they will cost eighty to one hundred.

In the early years, it was used to fool people, and some people were fooled. Three to five hundred of them were sold. People act based on their facial expressions, and some people are not sure. They think they are wild, but they think they are not. When you meet such a person, you can sell it for 200 yuan, which gives people a game mentality.

If the ones purchased were not wild ones, the market price for such a big turtle would be around 100. It’s only a hundred yuan more. If it’s wild, you’ll make a lot of money.

As for Luo Cheng, who came from the 1950s, how could he understand this? In his time, turtles were all wild, so who could raise them?

Luo Cheng asked for ramen at a ramen restaurant. This noodle was not served, so he was given a bowl of soup first. So Luo Cheng sat in the ramen restaurant and used his mobile phone to check the price difference between wild and farmed turtles.

You don’t know this by looking at it, it’s really shocking when you look at it. Wild soft-shelled turtles can weigh one to two hundred and one kilograms, depending on the size. The ones weighing one to two hundred and one kilogram are small turtles. The big one weighs five to six hundred and one kilogram. How much would it cost if it were a soft-shelled turtle the size of a washbasin?

A turtle with a strong earthy smell can be sold for such a high price. It seems that the two elder brothers are still selling it cheaply for 300.

Is this something you can do like this? Go and catch one in your own time. It's said to be dug up at the construction site. It's not as expensive as the mobile phones say, but you can also follow the example of the two big brothers and sell it for three or five bucks. One hundred and one.”

Luo Cheng thought, if it sells easily, he can make more money here. Anyway, I was originally a worker at the construction site. The two elder brothers had just figured out the origin of the turtle for me, and I also said that I had dug it. If the two eldest brothers can dig it, why can't he?

The more I thought about it, the more excited I became. The rain kept falling and it didn’t feel like it was going to stop. If it doesn't stop raining before going to bed at night, I will ask someone to go to the fields to catch soft-shell turtles when I go back. If I can't start work tomorrow, I'll try to find a place to sell soft-shelled turtles. Selling one turtle will be enough to cover my day's wages.

The noodles came out quickly. They were very fragrant and chewy. It was the first time for him to eat such delicious noodles. But when I was thinking about whether it was worth fifteen yuan a bowl, it was hard to say. At least after Luo Cheng tasted it, he thought it was delicious and he might not be willing to buy it next time. The people in the mountains think that there is no other way.

After taking a walk around after dinner, Luo Cheng went back. He had to go back and check the difference between the wild turtle and the farmed one. They are both soft-shelled turtles, so why is the price difference so huge?

On the way back this time, Luo Cheng bought twenty steamed buns from a nearby bun shop. I went out again in the afternoon, and this time I planned to stay in the dormitory until I went to bed at night.

I went back to the dormitory and checked the information on my mobile phone. The difference between wild turtles and farmed turtles is that wild turtles are yellow in color, while farmed turtles are not so yellow. In addition, the turtle shell is also shiny. As for the taste mentioned later, there is no need to study it. Once you have tasted it, it must have been sold.

Is watching videos addictive? Yes, Luo Cheng has become a bit addicted. But now he doesn’t watch videos of beautiful women. As soon as I read this, I couldn't help but touch my crotch. I felt that I didn't perform well with Zhao Qian yesterday, and I couldn't ask her out every day these two days. Mainly because I had something to do.

I lay down until dark, only to find out when I was hungry that I couldn't do it. I didn't pay attention when buying steamed buns. It turns out that the steamed buns bought at the bun shop seem to be smaller than those in supermarkets and old streets.

If this were his time, the sizes of steamed buns would all be calculated, and in addition to giving money, they would also be given corresponding food stamps. If one of Erliang's steamed buns is found to be too small, he will have to tear down the stall.

If he ate ten at a time, he wouldn't feel hungry anymore. If he wanted to eat, Luo Cheng could eat them all. But it's nothing compared to the beginning. When he first came to this era, he couldn't even eat twenty steamed buns. It doesn't matter if he keeps ten of them, he didn't make any food in his own time, so he just used them for tomorrow's lunch.

After watching the video for a while after the meal, Luo Cheng decided to put the meat he was going to take home. Put it under your feet, and don't put your phone next to your body before going to bed. If you take it back from the province, you have to hide it well.

In fact, Luo Cheng has already hidden the most important thing in his own era, which is cash, cash in this future time and space. When I came here, I only earned 200 for small jobs at first, and then 300 for more strenuous work. Although he was reluctant to eat or drink here at first, he actually saved a lot of money.

I don't dare to put too much cash in the construction site dormitory here. If I exceed the amount, I will take it back once, and then I don't dare to put it in my own place. He dug a hole outside and hid it.

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