Farming and reading family

The performance stall was in full swing, and everyone took turns listening closely to the bamboo tube to determine which cricket was bigger.

There's no real stake in it, it's just pure competitive spirit that can make people argue until their faces turn red.

The strong man didn't expect that people in He County were so crazy about crickets. Then he looked at the two bamboo tubes with a hot look in his eyes. He thought that one of the two people looked like a scholar and the other was a woman. So what if they were locals?

Gao E didn't notice the change in the strong man, and stared intently at the crowd looking for the person who bought the crickets.

Chen Ke had been staring at the strong man. Noticing something was wrong with him, he pulled Gao E's sleeve and motioned her to look over.

Gao E saw the strong man's look and understood what was going on. The strong man wanted to take possession of their crickets.

She was just wondering what to do if this was true when suddenly someone squeezed next to her and Chen Ke.

"Are you not selling braised food there today?" Lu Hao laughed.

He didn't buy it yesterday, so he went there early today, but he didn't see anyone at all.

"You don't know, I met several people who ran to buy your braised food." Lu Hao said, looking at Chen Ke and showing his signature smile.

Gao E looked at Lu Hao and asked, "I don't know your name yet."

Suddenly she thought of someone.

"Lü Hao." Lü Hao said immediately, "He's a good man."

"Are you familiar with that guy from last time?" Gao E asked the man who was carrying salt.

Lu Hao suddenly perked up: "Why? Want to buy some more goods?"

"I just think he is very loyal, so I want to treat him to some of my braised food." Gao E laughed.

"Really?" Lu Hao pretended not to believe it. "Don't lie to me. I will take it seriously."

Chen Ke really dislikes people like Lu Hao, who are smooth talkers and never tell the truth.

"Of course it's true, but I want to ask him for a favor now. Can you ask him to come over?" Gao E asked tentatively.

Lu Hao was a little suspicious: "What help?"

"How much trouble do you think it would be for people like us to be helpful?" Gao E spread her hands.

Lu Hao thought about it and said, "Okay." He turned around and disappeared.

Chen Ke couldn't see Lu Hao and whispered, "It's better not to associate with people like that."

Gao E also thought so at the beginning, but as long as she was out there, she would find that even if the mountains and rivers did not move, there would always be interactions.

All I can say is that you need to know how to judge people and avoid falling into traps.

"My husband, you need to learn how to get along with different people." Gao E looked at Chen Ke with a smile. "Only by reading thousands of books, traveling thousands of miles, and observing the various aspects of the world can you understand the true meaning of things."

Hearing Gao E say this, Chen Ke lowered his head in embarrassment.

Gao E didn't say anything else, but looked at the strong man in the middle of the stall.

She suddenly realized one thing: the person she met yesterday might not be the one who collected the crickets, and she was not sure if there was only one group of people collecting crickets, so she had to keep an eye on the crickets.

As more and more people came to guess the size of the cricket, some people started to talk to the strong man about buying the cricket, which made the strong man even more excited because each of them offered a very high price.

Whenever someone made a bid, the strong man would steal a glance at Gao E. Gao E would give him a mysterious smile, and the strong man would immediately avoid her.

Originally, he thought that as long as he was offered one or two taels, he would collect the money and run away. Anyway, no one could prove who the cricket belonged to.

But as the bids got higher and higher, he wondered if there was a higher bid, which would have made him rich...

So he shouted even harder, not realizing that his face and neck were already red with excitement.

Lu Hao and Luo Dagang squeezed next to Gao E and the others.

Luo Dagang still had that aloof look on his face: "You want my help?"

"Yeah." Gao E nodded.

"Why are you busy?" Luo Dagang asked directly.

"Look at that strong man performing." Gao E gestured.

Luo Dagang looked at the burly man, and the burly man also looked over and was startled when he saw Luo Dagang.

He didn't know Luo Dagang, but he looked like a ruthless person, so he immediately poured a basin of cold water on his head.

Gao E noticed the change in the strong man's expression and did not rule out the possibility that the other party might be desperate.

"What's wrong?" Luo Dagang took a look and then looked at Gao E.

"Those two crickets are mine," Gao E said directly. "If that strong man has bad intentions, you can help me get those two crickets back. If you don't do it, I'll give you a hundred coins, and if you do, I'll give you three hundred coins."

"But..." Lu Hao wanted to say that those two crickets were very expensive.

"Okay." Luo Dagang nodded, then turned around and looked at the burly man in the middle of the stall with his arms folded.

The sturdy man instantly lost interest in shouting, his eyes rolled around as he thought about how to leave as quickly as possible after receiving the money.

Luo Dagang also saw the clue: "How do you know him?"

"We just met, and I just wanted him to help me promote things." Gao E did not hide it.

"What are you shouting?" Lu Hao was puzzled.

"Looking for someone who buys crickets."

"Then come find me." Lu Hao was heartbroken.

"I didn't find it." Gao E wanted to find it at first, but she didn't even know Lu Hao's name.

Lu Hao thought about it and said, "You must come to me for this kind of thing in the future."

"Do you know where that guy named Fan lives?" Chen Ke asked dissatisfiedly.

Lu Hao moved closer to Chen Ke and said, "Although I don't know, I can find out. There is nothing in He County that I can't find out."

Chen Ke looked unconvinced.

Luo Dagang stared at the middle of the stall: "Go and trip that woman."

"Okay." Lu Hao responded and went over.

Gao E wondered if Lu Hao was a loach?

I can still feel at home among such a group of people.

Lu Hao laughed and surrounded the woman, causing the woman to roll her eyes frequently, but she could do nothing about it.

The strong man looked at Gao E from time to time. Seeing a strong man standing suddenly beside her, he felt very scared.

"Just let me see the size, one is three taels, no more." Finally, someone couldn't help but shout out.

They said that the crickets weighed only three or five taels each, but they still hadn't seen how big the crickets were.

And the three or five taels is indeed an exaggeration. The buyer is likely to lower the price when the time comes.

The strong man looked at Gao E with a guilty conscience and lowered his voice: "I guarantee it's about an inch long, two pieces and five taels each, I'll give you the money and the goods."

The man was suspicious and felt like he had met a scammer.

"As long as it's about an inch in size, it's five taels each." Fan Shiping squeezed in with great difficulty.

When Gao E saw Fan Shiping, her eyes lit up.

"Deal, pay." The burly man winked at the woman beside him and prepared to run away.

Although Fan Shiping was anxious to buy, he remained composed: "I want to see the quality first."

The strong man was extremely anxious.

Luo Dagang protected Gao E and Chen Ke and squeezed through the crowd.

"Is it yours? Are you going to sell it?" Gao E stared at the strong man.

The strong man held the two bamboo tubes tightly in his hands: "Of course they are mine, otherwise why would they be here with me?"

"Okay." Gao E didn't expect to encounter such a rogue. "This bamboo tube has never been opened. Tell me which one is big and which one is small, and what colors they are."