But good luck from heaven is obviously not that simple.
Until the news came that Zhuang Nai had entered the city, not even a hair on the healthy wild bear Gu Sheng was seen, let alone the injured tiger.
Gu Sheng could only sigh in his heart.
There's nothing I can do about it if I'm unlucky, and I can't rush this matter.
Fortunately, he has made some money since practicing martial arts. He hunts wild boars and wolves from time to time. Calculated, it probably cost him more than ten taels of silver. At this time, all his savings should add up to about twenty taels of silver.
"When we go to the city, we can use some money and go to the black market to see if we can get drugs like Four Stone Bow and Body Tempering Paste!"
After clarifying the goal, Gu Sheng signed up for Zhuangnai's purchasing team in the city.
The purchasing team was naturally overjoyed to have Gu Sheng, the archer, join the team.
Only a few months had passed since the incident in the city last winter, so this time except for a few villagers who had to go to the city due to urgent matters, almost everyone else in the village had some psychological shadow and did not dare to go into the city for the time being.
Last time, more than a dozen villagers died directly. When the corpses were brought back, the village was filled with grief, and everyone still remembered it.
Gu Erniu also chose not to go to the city, so Gu Sheng helped him get the two pieces of leather out together.
"A Sheng, you must be careful. Although Black Sand Gang has just collected the annual payment in the spring, nothing should happen. But if there is an emergency, you still have to protect yourself first."
Gu Erniu warned carefully, looking a little embarrassed, which was equivalent to Gu Sheng taking the risk.
Gu Sheng smiled and said:
"I will be careful. Brother Erniu, just help me look after the house these days."
"Don't worry!" Gu Erniu's chest was slapped loudly.
The purchasing convoy entering the city this time was obviously much smaller, and there were fewer villagers accompanying it. The steward was an unknown person to Gu Sheng. After the death of Gu Renxu, the master appointed a new steward named Gu Renbing, but there were quite a few warriors leading the team.
This time it was Gu Jingang who took the lead.
There were even six or seven warriors together.
The incident last time had just passed, so Zhuang Nai was still a little worried, and safety came first.
After Gu Jingang used up Blood Strengthening Pill, he is now Blood Refining Realm. He is very powerful and has a higher safety factor as he leads the team.
However, Gu Xiaojiang did not go to the city this time. He rarely shows up now, and rarely sees Gu Sheng. He focuses exclusively on practicing martial arts. Zhuang Nai has high expectations for him, and he is also under great pressure.
"Let's go."
Gu Jingang smiled at Gu Sheng, and then shouted in a deep voice.
Although Gu Sheng has average martial arts talent, this amazing archery skill still left a deep impression on him.
I once had the experience of going into the city. This time Gu Sheng focused on the road and tried to remember it, so that he would be safer when he went into the city alone in the future.
This time the team was obviously much duller.
Everyone's eyes scanned the surroundings from time to time, extremely vigilant, for fear that something might happen.
Fortunately, there was nothing unsightly this time. Even if bandits occasionally blocked the road, they would retreat after Gu Jingang announced his home.
You can see it.
The prestige of Gu Jingang is even greater than that of Gu Dajiang.
Moreover, the last time Gu Family Village killed the bandit Mangniu Mountain also let the nearby bandits know that Gu Family Village is not easy to mess with, and there will be basically no blind bandits looking for trouble in a short period of time.
The convoy traveled very quickly and arrived at Canghe County City after noon.
Looking at the familiar city gate, Gu Sheng's nervous energy was shaken, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The experience of going into the city this time is Gu Family Village's normal purchase. It is rare to encounter an attack every year or two.
Settled in a side courtyard.
Gu Jingang nodded slightly to everyone and then turned around and went in to rest. The steward Gu Renbing told everyone:
"You can walk freely in the next few days. Please bring temporary road guides to avoid being expelled from the city. When the shopping in the village is completed, we will return to the village together. We will not wait if it is late!"
In a daze, Gu Sheng seemed to see the shadow of Gu Renxu in Gu Renbing.
Gu Renxu also said the same thing back then.
Shaking his head, he put away the slightly complicated emotions in his heart and turned to leave.
It was still early at this time.
Go do things first and then talk about it.
There were no valuable items like Silver Fox leathers for sale this time, so Gu Sheng did not choose to go to the Mingyu Hall. It was not cost-effective. He chose to sell it himself at the stall that Gu Erniu originally planned to go to last time.
Although it is more troublesome, the price will be higher.
Nowadays, Gu Sheng still has to be careful with its budget.
Enter the market stall.
Immediately you can see many vendors setting up stalls to sell goods, and people are coming and going, so lively.
Gu Sheng took a general look and found that there were many new gadgets or things needed for food and clothing, but there were no precious medicines needed for martial arts, let alone weapons and martial arts.
These are explicitly prohibited from trading unless there is a license issued by the government, similar to the Mingyu Hall.
Otherwise, you can only go to the black market.
A small stall was set up, Gu Sheng neatly arranged the pieces of leather, and started selling them like other vendors.
soon.
Someone stopped in front of Gu Sheng's booth.
Gu Sheng has excellent archery skills. He rarely damages his skin every time he hunts, and he easily attracts people's attention.
The middle-aged man who looked like a butler asked:
"How much does this wolf skin cost?"
"Four hundred coins."
"How about less? I want two pieces of leather."
"I charge you seven hundred and eighty cents for a small business. You are a big shot. My leather is of good color and is perfect. You will definitely not lose face if you buy it back."
"You're a young man who can talk, so I'll give you seven hundred and eighty yuan."
The housekeeper smiled, took out a money bag from his waist and counted fifteen large coins and thirty small coins.
"Okay, I'll tie it up for you!"
The first order went smoothly, and Gu Sheng was filled with joy.
After getting the first customer, Gu Sheng became more and more familiar with him. From time to time, customers stopped to ask. Some of them thought the leather was too expensive, but Gu Sheng was not in a hurry and took his time.
Until it was almost sunset, the leathers I brought were sold for 77 to 88 bucks.
By tomorrow, I guess I can sell them all.
"Except for these two pieces of leather from Brother Erniu, I should be able to earn more than four taels of silver, which is not bad."
Gu Sheng closed the stall, stretched, and thought silently.
Without Silver Fox's sudden wealth, one can only slowly accumulate wealth. In addition, Gu Sheng needs to consume a lot of meat for daily martial arts training, as well as Body Tempering Paste's expenses. More than four taels of silver is already considered good.
He was thinking of waiting until it gets later to go to the joint where he bought the bow last time.
Unconsciously, I arrived at the place where I listened to the book last time.
The tea shed was still crowded with people, and there were sonorous and powerful voices coming from inside, but Gu Sheng was stunned on the spot. The storyteller was not the Old Mr. Zhang he saw last time in the city.
Instead, it was another Old Mr. Li.
According to what Gu Erniu said last time, Old Mr. Zhang has been telling stories here for several years, so it should not change.
"Where is Old Mr. Zhang, the storyteller here before?"
Gu Sheng pulled over a pedestrian who stopped and asked apologetically in a low voice.
The pedestrian's expression changed, and he threw off his sleeves impatiently.
"Dead! He died last winter!"
After Gu Sheng became a warrior, he had sharp ears and eyes, and he could clearly see traces of sadness and resentment in the eyes of the pedestrians.
Obviously.
This Old Mr. Zhang did not die from heavy snow. As for what it was, it is self-evident.
He sighed, with slight ripples in his heart.