Survival skills maxed out, I feed my wife and daughter by catching fish and shrimp

"Only five taels of silver? My elder brother worked so hard to catch snakes, and this is all he's worth?"

In fact, five taels of silver was within Chen Changfan's psychological expectations.

He just wanted to raise the price. What if the other party had plenty of money?

"Good man, five taels of silver is a lot. This little green dragon has no snake gall, so the price will naturally be discounted. The little green dragon's snake gall is an excellent tonic. This snake gall alone is worth two taels of silver."

Two taels of silver...

Chen Changfan felt heartbroken for a moment, but when he thought of the benefits of the snake gall, he felt relieved.

If he hadn't eaten the snake gall to heal his wounds, he would probably still be lying on the kang now.

If we hadn't transported the body of Da Qinglong back early today, the loss would have been even greater.

"How about this, good man," seeing Chen Changfan didn't say anything, the shopkeeper thought he was dissatisfied, so he picked up a few more bottles of medicine and stuffed them in. "I'll give you a few more bottles of common healing medicine. You hunters are often out and about, so it's always better to be prepared."

Chen Changfan took a quick look and found that there were both golden wound medicine and drynaria medicine.

"That's it, I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you."

Chen Changfan pretended to be impatient and took the five taels of silver and the bottles of medicine, then prepared to leave the pharmacy.

Who knew that the shopkeeper would smile and ask, "You just said that your eldest brother caught this snake. May I ask your name?"

"Why are you asking this? Do you want to kill someone and rob them?"

Chen Changfan's face showed contempt, but his hands in his sleeves were secretly clenched.

Five taels of silver is enough to make people take risks.

"You are joking, sir. In my opinion, this little blue dragon was not captured by the big brother you mentioned, but by you yourself, right?"

Shopkeeper Tong's smile was impeccable, and Chen Changfan's eyes darkened slightly.

This old guy has such a sharp vision!

"Although my shop is small, I have martial artists to show off. I can tell whether a person is a martial artist or not. Furthermore, your lips are slightly pale, and your face lacks color, clearly a sign of weakness and exhaustion. Combining these two factors, it's not difficult to draw the conclusion I just drew."

Chen Changfan stopped. This old Deng actually saw him clearly. At this moment, he really wanted to kill him to silence him.

"Don't look at me like that, sir. I have no ill intentions. I just admire your youthful heroic spirit and wanted to make friends with you."

Chen Changfan smiled, but cursed in his heart:

I believe you!

Since Old Deng had already said so much, it would be unreasonable for him to continue playing dumb, so he cleared his throat and said in a proud tone: "I will always be known by my name. I am Wu Laoliu from Wujiazhuang. Farewell!"

Shopkeeper Tong watched Chen Changfan walk away with big strides, and only then did he slowly withdraw his gaze after he disappeared in the crowd.

"A rare item like the Little Blue Dragon hasn't appeared in years. I never thought there would be one in Wujiazhuang."

……

Chen Changfan had no idea that he would be talked about behind his back as soon as he went out. He strolled all the way to the market and bought rice and flour as usual, some vegetables like potatoes and cabbage, a jar of rice wine, a fishing net and corn cobs.

These damn prices are going up almost every day.

The price of refined rice has been rising during his three trips to the city. When he asked today, he found out that it was 10 cents per liter.

After thinking it over, he bought a bushel of rice.

One hu is equal to ten dou, or one hundred liters, and only wealthy families would buy rice in this way.

Chen Changfan spent one or two taels of silver and asked the rice shop to send a cart driver to deliver the bucket of rice to the city gate.

Although one tael of silver was gone, this one dou of rice was almost enough for the couple to eat for half a year.

With the free transportation, Chen Changfan bought a lot of things and sent a full truck of goods to the city gate.

Along the way, you can hear the people in the county town talking from time to time.

Some people said that an entire village in the north had starved to death, while others said that the refugees had fled to the vicinity of Yongzhou and would soon reach Qingshan County.

Chen Changfan had no idea whether the rumors were true or not, but prices were definitely rising. If refugees truly arrived, the world would be in chaos. If they wanted to transport a dou of rice out of the city like they did today, they'd probably have to hire a group of strong men to escort it. After all, when people are hungry, they'll do anything. In this damn world, if you don't have some strength, if you walk down the street with food in your arms, someone's bound to come up and try to grab a bite.

If you don't want to be remembered, you have to show your fangs first.

When necessary, they even have to bite others to keep the food in their hands.

In years of famine, the most important thing is to have enough food.

But having enough food is only the first step to survival. He not only wants to survive, but also live well and live long, and he also wants his wife and daughter to live a good life with him.

Just now when he was walking around in the market, he made a special observation.

There are no fish stalls here.

After asking around, I found out that Old Man Ding, who used to sell fish here, fell into the river and drowned a few days ago, and the stall has been vacant since then.

His mind suddenly became active.

He went back this time to buy a fishing net. Since he had invested the money, he naturally wanted to get it back double.

After all, compared to fishing, the efficiency of fishing with a fishing net is much higher than that of fishing with a fishing net.

By then, Shiweizhai will definitely not be able to eat all the fish. Why doesn’t he set up a stall to sell fish?

After inquiring about the location of Old Man Ding's house, Chen Changfan planned to take some time to go over and ask if he could rent or buy the stall he owned.

With a vision for the future, Chen Changfan led the rickshaw driver to the city gate. Seeing that Lao Wei had been waiting there for a long time, he greeted him with a smile and signaled the rickshaw driver to move the goods onto the ox cart.

The rickshaw driver finished moving the goods with a bitter face. Chen Changfan gave him a copper coin and immediately left happily.

He took out a piece of felt cloth and covered the goods in the car tightly, then looked at Lao Wei.

Old Wei understood what he meant and waved the whip to drive the old ox to pull the cart.

As usual, Old Wei glanced at the things Chen Changfan bought, then concentrated on his journey without saying or asking too many questions.

We didn't encounter any refugees or bandits along the way.

Chen Changfan felt a little relieved. Every time he transported things from the county town to his home, he was a little worried.

Old Wei sent Chen Changfan home, collected the fare, and helped Chen Changfan load the goods into the yard.

Shen Cuiyun handed Lao Wei a bowl of hot water, and Lao Wei thanked her without looking away.

After drinking the bowl of water, he slowly spoke:

"Brother Chen, you don't know where I live yet, right? Why don't you come home with me? I can introduce you to a blacksmith."