Starting from a short stick, becoming the master of the universe

Chapter 3 Not Optimistic

The smile on the old man's face faded, he sighed, and said, "The day you had a fever, Sister-in-law Chen and I took you to the clinic. The examination and the IV alone cost more than 600 yuan. Later, three kinds of medicine were prescribed, which cost another 500 or 600 yuan. The total cost was more than 1,200 yuan. If Sister-in-law Chen hadn't paid 300 yuan for me, I really couldn't have taken it out all at once."

Jiang Cheng fell silent after hearing this.

The currency here is also Yuan, but the notes are in larger amounts and the characters on the notes are different.

Before the time travel, a trip to the clinic for a cold or fever would cost one or two hundred yuan.

If it were here, the price would be sky-high.

It's normal to spend a thousand dollars on a cold and fever.

When Yan State was at its peak, a few thousand yuan was no big deal for any family on the planet.

However, after the decline of Yan State and the arrival of the Horned People, the difficulty of making money and saving money increased tenfold or a hundredfold.

According to the original body's memory, a roasted sweet potato weighing about 6 to 3 grams sells for 150 yuan each. Here, it's good if you can sell fifty of them a day. Excluding the cost, the profit of a roasted sweet potato is about 4500 yuan. Calculated at fifty, it is yuan, which means nearly yuan a month.

It seems that he makes a lot of money, but he has to pay 2,000 yuan in stall fees every month, which directly takes up half of the profit. In addition, the area where he lives is occupied by a gang called the Wild Wolf Gang, and everyone in the area has to pay 1,000 yuan in management fees every month.

This is a fixed expense and you cannot avoid paying it.

The remaining money may not necessarily be yours.

Every evening, there would be people with bad intentions wandering around nearby. If you were targeted by them, you would have to pay a few hundred bucks if you didn't want to get hurt.

This kind of thing happens three to five times a month, it's not uncommon.

The remaining money is yours.

This money is also used to buy raw sweet potatoes and charcoal, and the remaining money can be used to buy daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil and salt.

As a result, ordinary people could not get enough to eat, and they could hardly have a meat meal for ten days or half a month. When they could not help it, they would grit their teeth and spend ten yuan to buy two or three eggs to try the flavor.

This time, the medical treatment cost more than a thousand yuan, which not only used up all the family savings, but also left a small amount of foreign debt.

Seeing this, the old lady smiled and comforted him, "Xiao Cheng, don't worry. Grandma will be satisfied if you can get better. I will pay back the three hundred yuan I owe to Mrs. Chen as soon as possible, including the stall fee at the end of the month. If you work hard and get up early and stay up late, you will definitely be able to save up the money."

Her son and daughter-in-law died early, and she raised Jiang Cheng bit by bit by selling roasted sweet potatoes.

"Grandma, I'll go sell it tomorrow."

Jiang Cheng said without hesitation.

The original person was a relatively filial person. He knew that the old man might encounter danger when he returned, so whether it was buying supplies or going out to sell roasted sweet potatoes, he would do it himself and let the old man stay at home.

His words would not be worse than the original ones, or in other words, they would allow the old man to live a better life.

The old woman shook her head repeatedly when she heard this, “Xiao Cheng, your fever has just subsided, you need to rest more, don’t worry, grandma will be back soon, nothing will happen.”

The reason why that happened tonight was because she was eager to make money and wanted to sell one or two more roasted sweet potatoes, so she came back after dark.

If you come back earlier, there will still be a lot of people on both sides of the alley, and you will rarely encounter such a thing.

"Grandma, I'm really fine."

Jiang Cheng took the old man's hand and put it against his forehead. "How is it? Is it not hot at all?"

"It's not hot anymore, but..."

"Grandma, don't worry. If I feel unwell, I can just close the stall and come back early. Is that okay?"

The old man had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Then she reached into her pocket and took out a folded handkerchief. When she opened it, there was some money inside, about a hundred yuan in total.

"Xiao Cheng, this is the money grandma earned from selling sweet potatoes today. Business is pretty good today, but..."

She was very ashamed, but she still told everyone what happened on the way back.

After all, all the sweet potatoes in the car were stolen.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that the amount of money doesn't match.

Jiang Cheng clenched his fists and was filled with anger when he heard this.

These two beasts, not only robbed things, but they even went so far as to use such harsh methods on an old man in his sixties!

He took a deep breath and comforted her: "It's okay, grandma, at least nothing happened to them. Just feed the sweet potatoes to the dogs. I will continue to sell roasted sweet potatoes in the future." "Well, be careful. If you meet these people again, give them the money."

The old man spoke up, fearing that Jiang Cheng would get angry and do something stupid.

"Well, I know."

Jiang Cheng nodded.

Those people generally carry sharp weapons, and there are so many of them. If a physical conflict really occurs, it is likely that you will be the one who gets hurt.

When the original body encountered such a thing, he would usually grit his teeth and give a few hundred or so, just to avoid disaster.

But Jiang Cheng was unwilling in his heart.

In addition, my current savings are less than two hundred yuan.

There are not many sweet potatoes left at home, so we have to go to the grocery store to buy some at the latest the day after tomorrow.

In this way, the little money on the table cannot be moved, let alone lost.

"We must find a way to get out of this situation as soon as possible!"

Jiang Cheng gritted his teeth.

……

The night passed quickly.

Maybe it was a habit, or maybe it was because this body was still a little weak after recovering from a serious illness, but when Jiang Cheng woke up, it was already past ten o'clock in the morning.

The light shone in from the gap, making the room much brighter.

"Oops!"

Jiang Cheng shuddered.

He planned to go out early in the morning to sell roasted sweet potatoes. Although business was not very good in the morning, he might be able to earn more money by selling one more order.

But I ended up oversleeping.

When I looked up, sure enough, the old man was no longer in the room.

Even the tricycle was gone.

"Blame me."

He felt guilty.

I said that starting from today, I would set up a stall to sell roasted sweet potatoes, but I got slapped in the face on the first day.

Logically speaking, grandma would definitely come back by noon, but he didn't want to wait any longer.

He hurriedly put on his shoes and walked quickly to the door. When he opened it, a pungent smell greeted him and the light was blinding. It took him a while to get used to it.

Looking out, what comes into view is a bumpy dirt road with a lot of garbage scattered on the ground.

Opposite was a row of adobe houses with clothes hanging in front of the doors. There were also many people talking at the doorways, all of them looked pale and thin, as if they were malnourished.

Hearing the noise, many eyes looked over.

"Isn't that the Jiang family kid? Is he awake?"

"I heard that he had a high fever two days ago and was almost confused."

"Grandma Jiang was so anxious that she couldn't eat for the past two days. Now she's finally better."

Hearing the noise outside, a young girl stuck her head out from next door and looked over here.

When he saw Jiang Cheng's gaze, he quickly shrank back.

"she is?"

Jiang Cheng was stunned for a moment, then remembered something.

(End of this chapter)