Chapter 130 "Doing Charity"
As we all know, humans cannot live forever.
For thousands of years, there have been fortune tellers who refused to believe in evil and constantly tried to break through this limitation, hoping to ascend to heaven or achieve eternal life after death. However, no one has ever succeeded.
Whether it was elixirs or peak cultivation, they only served to prolong life and maintain a youthful appearance. No matter how young one looked, as their body functions aged, they would eventually die.
Xu Chuchu also brought all her belongings for this auction. Although it was only a few dozen taels, it was not a problem to buy some simple and practical items.
She walked between several stalls selling elixirs, touching and smelling them, and finally chose the one with the most messy display and the most unattractive packaging.
This store doesn't have a large quantity of goods, but the variety is very rich. In addition to the medicine for injuries that Xu Chuchu wants to buy the most, there are also spiritual pills that can quickly replenish spiritual power, as well as drugs, poisons, etc. The quality is no worse than that of Sanshan Zhenren's goods.
Seeing Xu Chuchu picking and choosing, taking this and putting that back, Xiao Yu was very perceptive and secretly handed her a few large-denomination silver bills.
"Just take whatever you like, you will need it in the future." He whispered.
Xu Chuchu felt a little embarrassed to spend a man's money, but when she thought that they would use these things together, she didn't act pretentiously. She bought most of the goods on the stall in one go and collected a large pile of colorful bottles.
The stall owner was a bald man in his forties. Seeing that Xu Chuchu was so generous, he generously gave her a discount and rounded off the price.
When he finally gave the change, he also handed a folded note to Xu Chuchu.
Xu Chuchu quietly rubbed it open a little and found that it was an address in the capital. She nodded slightly and put the note into her sleeve.
She understood the meaning of providing a way to facilitate private transactions in the future.
Generally, the organizer will take a commission from items sold at an auction. If you can meet a few powerful clients at the venue and conduct private transactions in the future, you won't be profited by the middlemen.
However, this is only limited to selling basic commodities such as medicines. Truly valuable goods should be sold at auctions. Only here can you meet big bosses who truly know the goods and are willing to bid.
The venue was very thoughtful. The inside of the black cloaks they provided were full of pockets of various sizes, which were just enough to hold a lot of things.
Xu Chuchu put some of the medicine she bought into her own arms and some into Xiao Yu's body, and soon finished packing it all.
Although the pocket is heavy, there is nothing unusual on the outside, which protects the buyer's privacy.
"What the hell? You want five hundred taels of silver for this broken copper sword?!" Suddenly, a man beside him angrily threw a long wooden box back to the ground. "I only asked because I saw the child liked it. How dare you ask for such a high price? You say it's a family heirloom. You dare to call this scrap of copper and iron an heirloom? Who are you trying to fool?"
The wooden box was already in tatters, and when it fell to the ground with a clang, the lid fell off, revealing the contents, which turned out to be a rusty dagger.
The dagger must have been used for many years. Although the blade was wiped clean, the hilt was badly worn and the blade was rusted everywhere. There was almost no part of it that had the luster and sharpness that a good sword should have.
"Master, I want it. This sword is so majestic." A child who was only half the height of Xu Chuchu shook the man's arm.
Seeing that the child liked the item, the man softened his heart and said to the stall owner, "Since you said you were selling it to save your mother, I'll consider it a good deed. Fifty taels, no more."
The stall owner was not very old, and seemed to be two or three years younger than Xu Chuchu. He was a delicate boy.
What was displayed on the stalls were not medicines or magical instruments, but some useless but strange little gadgets, such as compasses, compasses, wooden sculptures that made rooster sounds at dawn every day, etc., which were indeed easy to attract children.
But the most eye-catching thing is the sign he placed in the front, with the words "Selling goods to save mother" engraved in large letters.
Xu Chuchu doesn't like this kind of marketing method very much. He always feels that it is suspected of playing the victim to gain favor. After all, the buyer cannot be sure whether he is really saving his mother.
The most important thing is that her good-hearted master, whenever he encountered such a situation, would spend all his money to help others, leaving only a few coins for his two apprentices to take the bus home, which made Xu Chuchu almost suffer from phobia of being in difficult situations.
Xu Chuchu was particularly relieved that her master never learned how to scan code to pay or transfer money through online banking, otherwise he would have given away all his meager savings.
However, facing the customer's harassment, the young stall owner was quite resilient. He simply put away the dagger and said, "I'm not selling anymore. I'm closing the stall."
"If you don't want to sell it, forget it! It's bad luck." The man angrily pulled his crying disciple away.
Seeing more and more people gathering around, Xu Chuchu quickly walked over and said to the young man who was packing up his stall, "I want that sword for five hundred taels."
"I said I won't sell it." The man didn't even raise his eyelids.
"Then how much did you say?" Xu Chuchu didn't care about attracting attention anymore, and seemed determined to take the rusty broken sword.
The young man wanted to refuse outright, and took a suspicious look into Xu Chuchu's hood, then quickly glanced at the stall where she had just bought the medicine.
"I also want all the medicine and spiritual pills you just bought," he said. "I saw you bought a lot."
Xu Chuchu raised her eyebrows: "Okay."
It seemed like he really wanted to save people, and he was even afraid that the medicines would be sold out, so he kept an eye on them all the time.
"Deal." The young man took the silver note and medicine bottle handed to him by Xu Chuchu, stuffed the sword box into her arms, and hurried to the stall next to him to buy all the medicines and pills.
Xu Chuchu silently put away the dagger. She heard many people around her praising her for her kindness. Even Xiao Yu was smiling at her. She felt secretly guilty.
If she had money, she might donate some to this person, but this was Xiao Yu's money, and she would not use it for charity.
She really discovered the value of this dagger, but now there were people everywhere, so she didn't want to talk too much with Xiao Yu.
Since they couldn’t buy any more medicine, the two of them started looking at other stalls.
Browsing does not mean buying, it is also a way to broaden your horizons. Even the knowledgeable Xu Chuchu can see some new and unusual items here, and Xiao Yu spends a long time studying each item.
Soon Xu Chuchu's attention was attracted by a specially made lantern.
No one knew what the candle inside was made of. It was said that such a short candle could burn for a hundred years. Xu Chuchu stared at it for a long time and found that no matter how he burned it, the candle really didn't make any sound.
There were also many Taoist talismans on the inside of the lantern that she had never seen before. It was said that they could provide timely warnings when there was danger and could also cover up the owner's breath.
The seller said that this lantern can be hung in the house for lighting, but anyone with a discerning eye can easily think that it is a weapon for entering and robbing tombs.
It’s just that the Xia Dynasty had a clear rule prohibiting tomb robbing, so they didn’t dare to say it directly.
"Xiao Yu, come and look at this." Xu Chuchu subconsciously called Xiao Yu to come and see, thinking that if they had such a lantern when they went down the tomb, they would not have encountered danger.
Turning around, Xiao Yu was still carefully studying the huge iron cage that the two of them had just seen.
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