amaotonovel Chapter 492 Getting Rich
Chapter 492 Getting Rich
The next morning, before daybreak, Shuiping Fang pulled the village chief's ox cart over, took Gu Xi with him, and headed straight for the county town.
They first went to the herbal medicine shop to sell the herbs they had picked yesterday, because Gu Xi picked a wild ginseng, although it was very small, but it was sold for one or two taels of silver.
The two found a blacksmith shop and wanted to make a big cage.
The blacksmith said:
"What a coincidence! I actually have a big iron cage at home. A customer booked it last year and said he wanted to transport a tiger to Beijing. But the tiger he hunted with so much effort died, so he didn't want the cage anymore. How about I sell it to you at a lower price, two taels of silver?"
Gu Xi took out his purse and said:
"Uncle Blacksmith, we only have one ounce of silver and eighty coins. Do you think it's possible to sell it?"
The blacksmith shook his head:
"No, that's too little."
Gu Xi thought for a moment and said:
"How about this, I'll pay you one ounce of silver first, and then I'll pay you the other half after we sell the prey?"
The blacksmith asked:
"Did you really hunt a big one?"
Gu Xi nodded:
"Of course, otherwise why would we buy such a big iron cage?"
The blacksmith hesitated for a moment.
"That's fine, but I don't know you. What if you don't come back?"
Gu Xi said:
"How could that be possible? We are from Chenshui Village, Caiji Town. Do you know our county magistrate's future son-in-law, Chen Fengzhi, the scholar? He is from our village and we know him well."
Well, not bad, this scumbag can be put to good use.
The blacksmith said:
"As for him, I have heard that the county magistrate boasted everywhere that his future son-in-law is very talented and will surely pass the imperial examination and become a Jinshi in the future. Since you are from the same village as him, then fine, you can write an IOU and take the cage away first."
The blacksmith was quite honest and he believed what Gu Xi said.
Shui Pingfang and the blacksmith worked together to lift the iron cage onto the ox cart.
The brother and sister drove a ox cart to the woods outside the city, found a secluded place, took the blind bear out, and threw it into an iron cage.
Blind Bear took too much medicine yesterday and is still in a coma.
The two men drove the ox cart into the county town and came to the most lively place.
They didn't know who would buy this big thing, so they could only use the most primitive method and sell it in the downtown area.
Ordinary people certainly can’t afford it, but they all gathered around to watch the fun.
After a while, the blind bear seemed to wake up, so Gu Xi quickly asked Shuiping to lead the village chief's cow away and only leave the cart, for fear that the cow would be frightened in such a busy city.
When the onlookers saw the blind bear wake up, they were all scared and ran back.
"Roar!" The blind bear woke up and found delicious food all around him. He drooled with joy.
As a result, no matter how hard it tried, it couldn't break free.
After a while, a servant from the wealthy family ran home to report.
The news that someone in the county was selling live blind bears spread quickly.
More and more people gathered around.
When the crowd saw that the blind bear couldn't break free, they became bolder and moved closer to observe it, pointing and commenting from time to time.
Others asked:
"Brother, how did you hunt this living blind bear?"
Shui Pingfang laughed and said:
"Lucky, I found it while it was sleeping."
This was the excuse he and his sister had agreed upon.
Everyone couldn't help but sigh:
"What kind of luck is this!"
The county magistrate also came.
When he saw that it was indeed a living blind bear, he was overjoyed.
He is worried about this.
In the capital, there was a high-ranking official who liked to collect ferocious beasts. Last time, the county magistrate spent a huge amount of money to have people hunt tigers, but the tiger that was hunted ended up with three deaths and five injuries, and the tiger finally died. He was very depressed.
This time, there was a lively blind bear in front of him, how could he let it go?
He also has to rely on pleasing the man in the capital in order to get promoted.
He asked the butler to go and buy it.
The butler walked over and said:
"Brother, I'll buy this blind bear of yours. How much do you want for it?"
Pingfang looked at his sister. Gu Xi winked at him. He understood and asked:
"How much can you offer?"
The steward said:
"Eighty taels, how about that?"
Horizontal side shaking head:
"Too little, at least one hundred and fifty taels."
The butler gritted his teeth and said, "One hundred taels!"
Horizontal side shaking head:
"No! Not for less than one hundred and fifty taels!"
My sister said she wanted to sell it for one hundred and fifty taels.
The butler turned around and glanced at the county magistrate who was hiding in the crowd.
Just now the county magistrate said that he would give one hundred taels, but now the other party wants one hundred and fifty taels.
Seeing the county magistrate nodded, the butler said:
"You are such a stubborn guy. You don't even try to bargain. Fine, you have to give me this iron cage and the cart together. Otherwise, it will be difficult for me to move such a big thing."
Shui Pingfang nodded: "Okay."
Anyway, the iron cage only weighs two taels, and it would only cost three hundred coins to buy a new one for the village chief.
There was another person hiding in the crowd, it was Chen Fengzhi.
He looked at Gu Xi in shock, more shocked than seeing a blind bear.
Shui Miaomiao, wasn't she beaten to death and thrown into the mountains by me? How did she come back to life?
Could it be that he didn't die that day and was rescued?
By the way, this blind bear is really valuable, one hundred and fifty taels!
The silver he had cheated from Shui Miaomiao before was thirty taels, which was all the money of the Shui family.
Together with the dozen acres of land, he sold it for a total of fifty taels of silver. All in all, the money he took away from the Shui family was only eighty taels, which was already all the family property of the Shui family.
As a result, they just went hunting and easily sold it for one hundred and fifty taels?
He felt a little regretful for offending the Shui family. He should have found a way to keep them hanging. Isn't it his specialty to have the best of both worlds?
It was just that a few days ago he felt that the Shui family had no more money, so he broke up with them.
Who knew they would have such incredible luck.
Chen Fengzhi was thinking about how to cheat the money.
He had flirted with Shui Miaomiao before, and he didn’t know if she would still be devoted to him?
No matter what, he had to find a chance to give it a try.
Gu Xi and Shuiping Fang did not notice Chen Fengzhi in the crowd. They were both enjoying the joy of making a lot of money.
The two men paid back the money they owed the blacksmith, bought a new cart, hitched it to the ox, and then bought some supplies and prepared to go back.
But selling the bear would cause too much of a stir, and Gu Xi was worried that they would be targeted by someone with ulterior motives. It would be a waste of time if they were robbed or killed along the way.
The two men found a remote and deserted place and put the cow and the cart into the space.
Then the two of them went to the clothing shop and got dressed.
When they came out again, they had completely changed their appearance. Even if their parents stood in front of them, they would not be able to recognize them.
Gu Xi gave Shuiping some more sleeping pills. If they encountered criminals, they could just drug the other party to ensure that nothing could go wrong.
The two of them walked around the street for a while and bought some things that were not easy to find in the town. Then they hired a carriage and went to Caiji Town.
After arriving at the town, the two men walked back. After making sure that no one was following them, they took out the ox cart from a deserted place and drove the cart home.
On the way, Gu Xi received a system reward:
[Congratulations to the host for helping Shui Miaomiao complete the mission: to make the Shui family rich. ]
[Reward 100 points, current points: 100. ]
[System awakening progress increased by 10%, current progress: 20%]
Very good, another hundred points.