Chapter 13 The First Pot of Gold
When Yue Feng arrived at the ghost market, he pretended to be a buyer and strolled around the street. In addition to observing whether there were any suspicious people buying and selling things, he paid special attention to the escape route.

This street is adjacent to several alleys and is interconnected. Unless someone holds his hands down on the spot, Yue Feng’s legs and feet will allow him to escape even if someone comes to arrest him.

There were quite a few people squatting on the roadside, with small bags of flour or wicker baskets in front of them. There were at least a hundred people squatting or standing on the roadside, but the whole street was silent.

This ghost market has been around for more than half a year. With the relaxation of national policies, the enforcement of crackdowns on speculation has gradually been relaxed. As long as one is not too unlucky or targeted by others, small quantities of selling materials will no longer be a big deal.

Yue Feng found an empty spot and squatted down. He took out the Shabanji and Feilong he had brought from his pocket and placed them under his feet.

The trick of using a sock tube to put live poultry is very useful. Only the head of the sand chicken is exposed and it will not struggle at all.

Soon someone noticed the live poultry in front of Yue Feng, and a middle-aged man wrapped in a gray coat squatted down.

“Are these Shaban Chicken and Feilong for sale? Comrade, how much is it?” the man asked in a low voice.

Yue Feng said without hesitation: “A sand chicken is 70 cents, and a male flying dragon is 1.1 yuan! They were just brought down from the mountain yesterday, fresh and unharmed!”

“So expensive? I’ll take any cheaper one!”

If the other party didn’t say that he wanted all of them, Yue Feng might have given in a little. Hearing the other party bargaining like this, Yue Feng shook his head.

“I can’t give up this price. These are real mountain delicacies, and they are still alive and well! It’s not easy to catch a few chickens like these!” Yue Feng shook his head.

Seeing that Yue Feng refused to give in, the other party hesitated for a moment, then stood up and left.

There was still more than an hour until dawn, so Yue Feng was not in a hurry.

Soon, several more people came over to ask for the price.

Most of the vendors in this ghost market sell food and bills, and there are also some selling eggs, cloth and pork, but fresh sand half chicken and flying dragon bird like this are only available once. Many people come to ask about the price even if they are reluctant to buy.

Yue Feng was mentally prepared before coming, so he was not in a hurry and waited quietly for his buyer.

After a while, a short man in his thirties came.

This guy was wearing a work suit from the Red Star Coal Mine. He walked around the ghost market and came to Yue Feng.

“How much are Shabanji and Feilong?”

“A sand chicken is 70 cents, and a flying dragon is one dollar! They are all alive and well, and I would rather eat half an ounce of bird than a pound of beast. They are very nutritious! These are mountain delicacies. Whether you eat them yourself or give them to others, they are rare things!” Yue Feng said very lively.

“You’re selling it too expensively! I bought it a few days ago, and the Shaban Chicken was only thirty cents! The Feilong was only fifty cents!” the short man bargained in a low voice.

“That one was caught to death with a condom or a clamp! Not even a drop of blood was shed! Mine is alive and well! How can the price be the same?” Yue Feng said very confidently.

“Okay, give me two sand chickens and a flying dragon!” said the short man, pointing at the birds on the ground.

“Okay, you bring the bag, right? These socks with birds in them are not for sale! Pick out which one you like and I’ll get it for you!”

“I have them with me! I want these two.” The buyer took out a small cloth bag from his body and shook it open, pointing at two slightly larger sand chickens.

Yue Feng took out the chickens one by one, stuffed them into the other person’s pocket, and then said, “Two dollars and fifty cents in total!”

The other man took out money to pay the bill, then walked away with the chicken still struggling in his pocket.

With two dollars and fifty cents in hand, this trip is not in vain, the store is open! It may sound like two dollars is not a lot of money, but according to the purchasing power at that time, it is not a small amount of money.

According to the market price of the grain store, wheat that has not been ground into powder costs 1.3 yuan per pound, corn costs 1 yuan, and pork costs only 8 yuan per pound. Of course, this price requires a ticket. If you buy it at the ghost market, the price will be higher without a ticket.

Yue Feng brought a total of seven Shaban chickens and one Feilong. After selling three of them, there were only five Shaban chickens left.

The buyer who had bargained for the entire deal walked around for a while and came back.

“How much is a package of five sand half chickens?”

Yue Feng: “70 cents a piece, 3.5 yuan! If you really want it, 3.4 yuan is the lowest!”

It seemed that the three pieces sold by Yue Feng had put a lot of pressure on the other party. Seeing that Yue Feng had taken the initiative to give up a dime, the buyer no longer tried to control the buyer and continue bargaining.

Yue Feng’s behavior seemed to be a tactic to get the buyer to buy everything, but in fact, he had his own thoughts. This kind of buyer who wants to buy everything right away should not be too eager to lower the price easily in order to sell things, as if his own things cannot be sold, otherwise it is easy for the other party to take control of his mind.

The other party left temporarily and came back after a while. In fact, he had already accepted Yue Feng’s first offer in his heart.

At this time, Yue Feng took the initiative to make concessions, which was equivalent to showing his attitude and giving the other party a psychological way out. In the process of alternating between tension and relaxation, he had already taken the initiative in the transaction.

After all, Yue Feng’s main purpose of going to the city to chase ghosts was to find a fixed sales channel such as the coal mine canteen or hospitality procurement, rather than simply selling things individually.

“Okay, pack them all up for me!” The other party took out a folded fertilizer bag from his waist. Yue Feng took off his socks one by one and put all five sand chickens into the bag.

After counting the money, Yue Feng put it in his pocket and stood up to leave.

The buyer couldn’t help but ask, “Will you come tomorrow?”

Yue Feng hesitated for a moment and said, “It’s hard to say. I probably can’t come! I live in a village at the foot of the mountain. It takes more than 20 miles to get to the city!”

“Okay, I come to the ghost market every morning! I’ll tell you next time I come! By the way, how did you catch this chicken?”

Yue Feng: “If you want to catch them alive, you can only use an eagle! You can hardly catch them alive with traps or snares!”

“Using an eagle? No wonder! Can you help me catch more flying dragons? If you can, I can keep them for a long time!”

“Sure! The eagle has just been released. I’ll try my best. If I catch it later, we’ll meet here!”

“it is good!”

……

After watching the man leave, Yue Feng stood up, brushed off the dust on his body, and strode towards the pork stall not far away.

At this stall selling pork, the owner cut the meat into strips of about one pound, tied them with wire and placed them on a snakeskin bag. However, business didn’t seem to be very good. All of Yue Feng’s meat was sold out, but he didn’t sell much of his meat.

Yue Feng lowered his head to take a look, no wonder it hadn’t been sold, most of the remaining meat was lean meat from the hindquarters, and there wasn’t much fat with oil.

In this era of scarce oil and water, people prefer fat pork when cutting pork, and these lean meats are not very appealing.

“Brother, how much do you sell meat?”

(End of this chapter)